Legal Opinion
State ex rel. City of Tacoma v. Sunset Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1915No. 12689PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered November 27, 1914, in favor of the plaintiff, upon sustaining a demurrer to the answer, in proceedings to enforce the forfeiture of a franchise.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
-The respondent brought action against appellant and Home Telephone Company of Puget Sound in the nature of quo warranto, to enforce the .forfeiture of a franchise. The information or complaint shows that, in December, 1905, the city council of the city of Tacoma passed ordinance No. 2,522, granting a telephone and telegraph franchise. The title and material parts of the ordinance were as follows;
*311“Ordinance No. 2522. An ordinance granting to Edward E. Webster, his successors and assigns, the right to lay and maintain underground conduits, cables and wires, and to construct necessary manholes,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Riggs v. . PursellNew York Court of Appeals · 1876
- State ex rel. Spokane & British Columbia Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1901
- Bemis v. WilderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Fleming v. Fleming Hotel Co.New Jersey Court of Chancery · 1905
- Crouse v. MichellMichigan Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by9 opinions
- City of Seattle v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1944
- State ex rel. Tacoma Railway & Power Co. v. Public Service CommissionWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- State ex rel. Ellertsen v. Home Telephone & Telegraph Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1918
- State ex rel. Walker v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1915
- City of Edmonds v. General Telephone Co. of Northwest, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1978
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