Hutchinson v. Port of Benton

This action by taxpayers is brought to enjoin and declare illegal the proposed purchase from the United States of a tract of land by the Port of Benton.

The tract, located about 5 miles north of Richland, Washington, runs along and fronts upon the Columbia River for a distance of approximately 6,000 feet, and its inland depth is about 2,100 feet. Roughly rectangular in shape, it comprises an area of 290 acres. The inland, or westerly, edge is at an elevation of 400 feet above sea level and slopes in an easterly direction to the river’s edge for its 2,100 foot width to an elevation of 340 feet.…