Grays Harbor & Puget Sound Railway Co. v. Kauppinen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered November 23, 1908, upon the verdict of a jury assessing damages in a proceeding to condemn land for railroad purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This action was instituted by the petitioner, a public service corporation, to condemn certain town lots. About November, 1906, the petitioner surveyed its line of road through the property sought to be condemned, and about the same time parties acting in its behalf sought to purchase the property for the petitioner. In the month of February, 1907, the petitioner commenced this proceeding, and on October 19, 1908, a decree was entered, adjudging that the proposed use was a public one, and that public necessity demanded the prosecution of the enterprise. On November 17, following, the case was…
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