State ex rel. Patterson v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court February 1, 1918, for a writ of certiorari to review an order of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., adjudging a public use and necessity in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
This is a proceeding to review an order of the superior court adjudicating a public use and necessity in condemnation proceedings; and the relators also seek to review the refusal of the trial court to order the description of the lands sought to be appropriated to be made more definite and certain.
The original action was brought by the Great Northern Railway Company to condemn certain tide land property of the relators in Seattle, "Washington, for the purpose of erecting a wharf and excavating a slip or dock adjoining the same for use in docking steamships and loading and unloading freight…
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