State v. City of Seattle

This is an action to quiet title, brought by the state and its grantee, and to cancel an assessment for benefits levied upon a portion of block 65, Lake Union Shore Lands, for the payment of awards in the condemnation of Valley street and others, under ordinance No. 20186 of Seattle. Valley street lies along the south shore of Lake Union, and block 65 is on the east shore of the lake. Ordinance No. 20186 is alleged in the complaint to have been passed and approved:on February 19, 1909, providing for the laying off, open ing, widening, extending and establishing, of Valley-street from Fairview…