Manhattan Building Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by an abutting owner from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered January 20, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury, awarding damages to its property by reason of a change of grade of a city street, after a trial on the merits in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The city of Seattle by ordinance changed the established grades on certain of its streets, and directed *228that the streets be reconstructed and regraded so as to make them conform to the new grades so established. The required grades changed the surface contour of the streets, necessitating cuts and fills, and the consequent taking and damaging of the private property abutting thereon. This action was begun for the purpose of condemning the property required to be taken and damaged, and to determine the just compensation to be paid therefor.
Among the parties made defendant to the proceedings,…
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