Asia v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 119 Wash. 674
• 206 P. 366
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 841

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations (490) — Public Debt — Submission op to Vote — Operations op Street Railway. A city operating a street railway at a loss, cannot, without submitting the question to the voters, use its general funds in the operation of the road, where the road was acquired under Rem. Comp. Stat., §§ 8488, 8489, 8491, which authorized the city to acquire and operate the street railway through revenue derived from a special fund without incurring any general indebtedness, which was prohibited unless authorized by the voters (Fullerton, J., dissenting).</p>