State Ex Rel. Duvall v. City Council of City of Seattle

The city of Seattle is endeavoring to establish and construct a nonaccess traffic facility known as the R. H. Thomson Expressway. The city council, after extensive hearings, made findings supporting the adoption of what is referred to in the record as “Route B.”

Certain property owners whose homes will be condemned if the expressway is constructed on Route B, urged the city to adopt an alternate route (Modified Route S) on an elevated structure through the University of Washington Arboretum (a portion of Washington Park leased by the city of Seattle to the University of Washington for…