State ex rel. Portland & Seattle Railway Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, Chadwick, J., entered August 6,1906, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing on the merits a petition to condemn a railway right of way across land appropriated by another railway for terminal purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This is a condemnation proceeding which was commenced in the superior court of Whitman county. That court determined the cause adversely to the petitioner on the question of public use and necessity, and the petitioner obtained from this court a writ of review for the purpose of reviewing the judgment of the superior court. The petitioner is the Portland and Seattle Railway Company, and it is engaged in constructing a branch line of railway from its main line near Pasco, Washington, easterly along the north bank of the Snake river, in this state, to Texas City. It is the purpose of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- State ex rel. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1905
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