Green v. City of Tacoma
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Washington
At Law. Action bj Lillian I. Green against the city of Tacoma and others to recover possession of land occupied as a street.
1Opinion of the Court
Hanford, District Judge.
In her original complaint the plaintiff claimed damages equal to the value of a strip of land situated in the city of Tacoma, which without her consent the city has attempted to devote to public use as a street. Upon the authority of the decision of the supreme court of this state in City of Tacoma v. State, 29 Pac. Rep. 847, this court held that the attempt of the city to appropriate the said land was without legal authority, that the plaintiff had not been divested of her title, and therefore she could not exact compensation as if she had been deprived of said…
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