Lewis v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King Comity.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment recovered by the respondent for the value of certain real estate appropriated by the city of Seattle for a street. The action was commenced in January, 1892, by the filing of a complaint wherein the plaintiff alleged her ownership of such real estate on the 22d day of March, 1890. That the city had a charter from the Territory.of Washington (granted in 1886) up to October 10, 1890, at which time it adopted a “freeholders’ charter,” under the act of the legislative assembly of the state, approved February 26,…
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