Quirk v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered January 27, 1904, upon tbe verdict of a jury and findings of the court in favor of the city, in a street condemnation proceeding, assessing benefits against abutting property.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
The city of Seattle, by ordinance^ directed that Summit avenue north, a street in said city, should be extended. By the terms of the ordinance, the corporation counsel was directed to commence a proceeding for the purpose of ascertaining the just compensation to be paid the several owners of lands for the value of parts of the lands taken, and also for the damages, if any, accruing to the remaining portions not taken. The ordinance also provided for an assessment to be levied upon property specially benefited by reason of the improvement. Appellant’s decedent was the owner of three separate…
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