State ex rel. Walker v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered August 18, 1915, dismissing an action for an injunction, upon sustaining a de- murrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff, a taxpayer of the city of' Spokane, for the purpose of pre*583venting the submission, at an election to be held on November 2, 1915, of the question of the approval or disapproval of an ordinance granting to the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company a franchise in such city.
On May 24, 1915, the council of the city of Spokane passed an ordinance granting to the telephone company the right, under certain conditions, to construct, maintain and operate a telephone line along and over certain city streets. On June 7, 1915, the ordinance was amended in…
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- Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1900
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