City of Pullman v. Hungate

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, J.

— But a single question is raised by the record in this case, and argued in the briefs of the respective parties, and that is as to whether or not the city of Pullman is a legal municipal corporation. It was originally incorporated under the law of February 2, 1888 (Laws, p. 221), and an attempt was made to re-incorporate under the provisions of §4 of the act of March 27, 1890 (Laws, p. 133). The said act of 1888 was declared unconstitutional by this court in the case of Territory v. Stewart, 1 Wash. 98 (23 Pac. 405). And in the case of Town of…