Port of Seattle v. Blatz

This appeal stems from a proceeding instituted by the Port of Seattle to condemn certain property owned by one Alice Blatz.

The right of public use and necessity having been determined previously, the trial court, sitting without a jury, had as its sole concern the question of property valuation.

Approximately thirty years prior to the commencement of this action, the defendant (appellant), Mrs. Blatz and her husband, now deceased, purchased ten acres of land located in the vicinity of what is now the Seattle-Tacoma Airport which is owned and operated by the plaintiff (respondent) Port of…