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PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 4340.

5 F.2d 393 (1925)

PUGET SOUND POWER & LIGHT CO. v. CITY OF SEATTLE et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 18, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Howe, Hugh A. Tait, and Edgar L. Crider, all of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Thomas J. L. Kennedy and Geo. A. Meagher, both of Seattle, Wash., for appellee City of Seattle.

Ewing D. Colvin and Howard A. Hanson, both of Seattle, Wash., for appellees County of King, W. W. Shields, and Matt Starwich.

Before ROSS, HUNT, and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges.

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

On and prior to December 31, 1918, the Puget Sound Power & Light Company, hereinafter referred to as the company, was the owner of a street railway system in the city of Seattle. On the above date the city enacted Ordinances Nos. 39025 and 39069 with a view of purchasing and acquiring the street railway system. The first ordinance authorized a bond issue in the sum of $15,000,000 to pay for the property, and the second prescribed the terms...

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