King v. City of Seattle

— The City of Seattle appeals from a ruling by the trial court awarding damages to John P. King and his wife. The damages were for the City’s alleged intentional and wrongful refusal to issue street use and building permits to the Kings.

The City contends that its acts are immune from liability because they involve the erroneous exercise of discretion and, even if no immunity exists, that its acts were not the *241proximate cause of the Kings’ damages. We find no immunity under the facts of this case, but conclude there is no showing that the City’s acts were the proximate cause of the Kings’…