Adams County v. Scott
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Adams county, Truax, J., entered June 26, 1920, in favor of an objecting property owner, reversing the action of the county board in levying an assessment of benefits for a road improvement, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
This case was concerning the improvement of a certain road in Adams county, under what is generally known as the Donohue Road Law, § 5730 et seq., Rem. Code, as amended by the Laws of 1917, p. 238.
Certain owners of lands in Adams county petitioned the board of county commissioners to improve a road, to be known as the Donohue Road Number Four. The commissioners, in due time, heard the petition, decided to make the improvement, let a contract and appointed a board of appraisers, as provided by the so-called Donohue law. The appraisers, among other things, assessed the property of Scott and…
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