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SCOTT PAPER COMPANY v. ANACORTES

No. 43754.

90 Wn.2d 19 (1978)

578 P.2d 1292

SCOTT PAPER COMPANY, Respondent, v. THE CITY OF ANACORTES, ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

May 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberts, Shefelman, Lawrence, Gay & Moch, William N. Appel, and Stephen E. Mansfield, for appellant City of Anacortes.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, Robert F. Hauth, Senior Assistant, and Donald Foss, Jr., Assistant, for appellant State.

J.P. Hunter (of Anderson, Hunter, Dewell, Baker & Collins, P.S.) and Robert Willoughby, for respondent.

HOROWITZ, J.

This is a declaratory judgment action brought by the Scott Paper Company to determine the validity and effect of two contracts between the Coos Bay Pulp Corporation, the paper company's predecessor in interest, and the City of Anacortes. The principal question raised is one of statutory construction, that is, the power of the City to bind itself by contract for the sale of its water, where the contracts act as security for the issuance of municipal water...

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