State Ex Rel. O'Connell v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Klickitat County

(dissenting) — I disagree with the majority’s *242conclusion that the practice of the PUD of Klickitat County, in taking assignments to certain conditional sale contracts for the sale of electrical equipment in consideration of paying the balance due to the vendors, constitutes a loan of money in violation of article 8, section 7, of the state constitution. The majority opinion overrules sub silentio recent decisions of this court interpreting that constitutional provision.

In Washington Natural Gas Co. v. PUD 1, 77 Wn.2d 94, 459 P.2d 633 (1969), we were faced with the same constitutional attack…