Anderson v. Port of Seattle

The appellants are six of the named plaintiffs, H. O. Fitch, Kermit L. Harvey, Fannie Minshall, Daniel C. Hart, A. V. Holcomb, and Mark B. Walker. They appeal from a summary judgment entered against them in consolidated actions brought on the theory that their properties had been taken and damaged under color of the power of eminent domain without just compensation having been first made.

It was alleged in the complaints that the respondent port of Seattle, a municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as the port), owns and operates an airport adjacent to the properties of the appellants;…