Damon v. Ryan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered March %%, 1913, in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to determine title to an award in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
— This is an action to determine the right to money paid into the registry of the court by the city of Seattle for the right to damage certain lots by a regrade of the streets upon which they abut. Prior to January 5, 1911, the plaintiff was the owner of an undivided one-half of the lots in question as his separate property. On that date his wife, Lillie A. Damon, procured a decree of divorce and a *139judgment for $7,500 alimony against him. The decree made this sum payable in installments, declared it a lien upon his interest in these lots, and provided that, on his failure to meet any…
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