Spokane Traction Co. v. Granath
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered April 12, 1905, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial before the court- without a jury, assessing the damages of the defendants from a change in grade, etc.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
— This action was brought by petitioner, a street railway corporation, to have assessed the amount of damages sustained by appellants by reason of damage to' their property caused by improvements which respondent railway company intended to make. The contemplated improvements consisted of the erection of a high bridge upon Boone avenue, over the Spokane river, and the grading of Boone avenue toward the east from said river, in the city of Spokane. The property of appellants is situated on the south side of said avenue, abutting thereon, and close to the river. The following diagram will show…
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