State ex rel. Pagett v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court March 15, 1901, for a writ of review to correct a judgment and order of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., in condemnation proceedings, adjudging the use of property for a highway to be a public use, and ordering a jury to ascertain the amount of damages for the talcing thereof.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On December 22, 1906, Pierce county, acting through its board of commissioners, began proceedings in the superior court of that county to condemn certain lands belonging to the relators, for a right of way over which to establish a county road. At the time appointed for the hearing, the relators appeared and demurred to the petition on the ground, among others, that the court was without jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the proceedings. The demurrer was overruled, and a hearing had at which the court adjudged the proposed use of the property to be a public *36use, that the public interest…
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