# Christie v. the Port of Olympia

> Washington Supreme Court · April 8, 1947 · 27 Wash. 2d 534

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3991764

## Case

- **Full name:** Burke Christie, Respondent, v. the Port of Olympia Et Al., Appellants
- **Court:** Washington Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 8, 1947
- **Citations:** 27 Wash. 2d 534; 179 P.2d 294; 1947 Wash. LEXIS 304
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Millard
- **Judges:** Robinson, Millard, Simpson, Mallery, Steinert, Jeffers, Schwellenbach, Abel, Hill
- **Cited by:** 21 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Millard, J.
(dissenting)—In
Forseth v. Tacoma, ante
p. 284, 178 P. (2d) 357 , only one person involved, we held that a municipal corporation may not be estopped to question the actions of its representatives. In the case at
*555
bar, which involves a labor union with a large membership, we hold that the doctrine of equitable estoppel may be invoked to permit that membership to collect back pay.

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