City of Seattle v. Williams

The respondent city instituted condemnation proceedings to acquire a strip of land belonging to appellant Williams, which parcel of land was a portion of an unplatted tract, and which would be situated between the lines produced of one of the public streets of said city; and was desired for public street purposes, so that said street could be connected with a street upon the opposite side of said property, thus making a continuous street of full width, a narrow lane or alley already connecting the two portions of the street extending in either direction from said parcel of land. A jury was…