Legal Opinion

Cunningham v. Weedin

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 11, 1914No. 11791PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Island county, Ralston, J., entered October 9, 1913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to restrain obstruction of a road.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

Prior to the year 1893, the people residing in the vicinity of the road which has become the subject of this controversy, undertook to lay out a road along the section line between sections 17 and 18, township 29, north, of range 3, east, in Island county. The road is what the witnesses call a volunteer road. It was put through the timber by the labor and at the expense of those who were interested in it as a way of travel. In 1893, all of the people in that neighborhood, including defendant W. L. Weedin, petitioned the county commissioners to lay out and establish a county road along the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Smith v. City of CentraliaWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Town of West Seattle v. West Seattle Land & Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Sholin v. Skamania Boom Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Brazell v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Humphrey v. KrutzWashington Supreme Court · 1913

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Gillis v. King CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1953
  2. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co. v. GrassmeyerWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Reed v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Motoramp Garage Co. v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1925
  5. West v. KeithWashington Supreme Court · 1929

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