City of Seattle v. McElwain
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered December 21, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in condemnation proceedings for a local improvement.
1Opinion of the CourtPabkeb, J.
This is a condemnation proceeding, brought by the city of Seattle to acquire a strip of land for the purpose of widening Fifteenth avenue, in that city. A trial before the court and a jury resulted in verdicts awarding to the owners of the land compensation, and judgment awarding to the city the land upon payment of the sums so awarded to the owners. W. P. McElwain, one of the owners, has appealed therefrom to this court.
The facts of the case, so far as necessary for us to notice them in discussing the contentions made in behalf of appellant, are in substance as follows: Appellant is the…
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