Legal Opinion

North Coast Railway Co. v. Hess

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1909No. 8368PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Yakima county, Preble, J., entered February 16, 1909, vacating a show cause order and dismissing a petition to return money withdrawn from the registry of the court after payment thereof on an award of damages in condemnation proceedings.

1Opinion of the CourtMobbis, J.

The North Coast Railway Company brought suit in Yakima county to condemn lot 5, in block 210, of the original town of North Yakima, for railway purposes. In this suit Julia Hess as owner, and A. N. Miller and wife as lessees, were made defendants, and on December 21, 1908, the court rendered judgment awarding Julia Hess, as owner of the lot, the sum of $15,930.26, and Miller and wife, as lessees, the sum of $521.74, which sums were on said day paid into court by appellant. On the same day the court made and entered its order, reciting that “it appearing to the court that there is a claim that…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Utter v. . RichmondNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Watson v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
  3. The Bank of Auburn v. . RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
  4. Calumet River Railway Co. v. BrownIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Omaha Bridge & Terminal Railway Co. v. ReedNebraska Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. BurkOregon Supreme Court · 1954
  2. State ex rel. Peel v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Swanson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1946
  4. Eyre v. City of FaribaultSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  5. State ex rel. Long v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1914

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