Ettor v. City of Tacoma
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP. WASHINGTON. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of a statute of Washington in regard to damages for changing grade of streets, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lurton
These were actions to recover for damage inflicted upon abutting property in consequence of an original street grading done by the railroad company under authority and direction of the city of Tacoma.
At the time the grading was done there was in force an act of the Washington legislature which required the city to make compensation for cóñsequential damages due to an original street grading. Pending these suits and while théy were actually being heard, the provision of the act referred to which expressly required the city to provide for or make compensation for all such damage, was amended’so…
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