Port of Grays Harbor v. Bankruptcy Estate of Roderick Timber Co.

Reed, J.*

— The Port of Grays Harbor appeals from a superior court judgment awarding Phillip and Sonja Roderick attorney fees and costs as condemnees in an abandoned eminent domain proceeding. The appeal necessarily brings *336up for review the trial court’s prior refusal to dismiss the Rodericks as parties. We reverse.

The Rodericks were the sole shareholders of the Roderick Timber Company (RTC), a Washington corporation. In 1977, the couple transferred to RTC property they owned adjacent to the Port of Grays Harbor. The 35-acre tract had been filled, was used for log storage, and contained a…