Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Hill v. Port of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Decided January 6, 1919No. 14907PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered January 10, 1918, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for an injunction, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
In State ex rel. Hill v. Bridges, 87 Wash. 260, 151 Pac. 490, we held that the port district might build and operate an ice manufacturing and cold storage plant as an incident to its business of *635warehousing. In the beginning, the power of the port district to manufacture and sell ice in the market as a commodity was raised. To forestall the question, the port district passed a resolution in which it disclaimed any such intention, saying, inter alia,
“It is not the purpose or intention of the commission to sell this ice, but to furnish it to fishermen at the fish storage warehouse and to charge…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Chandler v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- State ex rel. Huggins v. BridgesWashington Supreme Court · 1917
- State ex rel. Hill v. BridgesWashington Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by10 opinions
- Consumers Coal Co. v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1922
- Pacific First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Pierce CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1947
- Woodward v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1926
- City of Aberdeen v. National Surety Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1929
- Harrison v. Port of Cascade LocksCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1976
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