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MATTHEWS v. WENATCHEE HEIGHTS WATER CO.

No. 17184-1-III.

963 P.2d 958 (1998)

B.J. MATTHEWS, Appellant, v. WENATCHEE HEIGHTS WATER CO., a Washington dissolved corporation; and Wenatchee Heights Reclamation District, a Washington municipal corporation; Spring Hill Irrigation Company, a Washington corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3, Panel Nine.

Reconsideration Denied November 12, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory S. McElroy, Michael G. Atkins, Seattle, for Appellant.

Paul R. Cressman, Jr., Paul Chuey, Short, Cressman & Burgess, Seattle, for Respondents.

SWEENEY, Judge.

B.J. Matthews raises a number of thorny issues, most of which turn on the legal status of an irrigation district—Is it subject to all of the constitutional and statutory strictures of municipal corporations? Specifically, Mr. Matthews' case turns on whether a public irrigation district is a municipal corporation for purposes of Washington State Constitution article VIII, section 7.1 That section prohibits a municipal...

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