Judge Stallcup
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- Nov 14, 1893Tacoma’s Water Crisis and the Million-Dollar 'Steal'A court injunction cuts off the city's primary water source, prompting fears of pestilence and highlighting a suspicious, debt-laden municipal purchase.Clover Creek, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 6, 1895A Judgment Against the Man in the Moon: Tacoma's $2 Million Water Bond FightJudge Stallcup tried to invalidate $2,130,000 in water bonds. The water company's lawyer shrugged—and warned that bondholders would haul the city into court if interest went unpaid.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 4, 1895Tacoma's Water and Light Bonds Survive Their Day in CourtJudge Stallcup's suit to invalidate the city's light and water bond issue was dismissed in superior court; the case will go to the state Supreme Court.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 5, 1895The Missing Warrants in Tacoma's City TreasuryEx-city treasurer George W. Boggs swore he had no assets, then gave two contradictory accounts of a mining note and a pencil receipt for city warrants.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 10, 1895The Grocery Company That Cooked Its Own BooksTacoma Grocery Company’s president is accused of falsifying minute books and hiding assets from the receiver, creditors and stockholders.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 17, 1895The Missing Ledger: Tacoma Grocery's Books Vanish Before ReceivershipA court examiner presses Charles E. Hale about account books that disappeared just before a receiver took over the Tacoma Grocery Company.Tacoma, WA
- May 24, 1895No Money, No Jury: Tacoma's Judge Stops Court to Prove a PointJudge Stallcup vacated a jury order because the county had no cash to pay jurors—and his suit over Tacoma's water bonds made the bench itself the story.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 28, 1909City council surrenders waterfront to railroad mogulTacoma officials vote to abandon a legal battle to reclaim public tidelands from the Northern Pacific Railroad.Tacoma, WA