Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Smith v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 14, 1901No. 4047PublishedCited by 71 opinions

Original Application for Writ of Review.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

On the 13th day of September, 1901, the relator instituted a suit in the superior. court of King-county seeking to enjoin the Seattle Electric Company, a corporation, from building a trestle and elevated railway in Fourth avenue South (one of the public streets of Seattle) in front of relator’s property, alleging that the trestle and elevated railway cut off the access to his said property and interfered with his light and air; said trestle being- about to be constructed at a height of about twenty-five feet at one end of relator’s property,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. State ex rel. Barnard v. Board of EducationWashington Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Brown v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Moore v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  5. Stetson v. Chicago & Evanston RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1874

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. Ackerman v. Port of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1960
  2. Lawson v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Kincaid v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Liddick v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1942
  5. Knowles v. New Sweden Irrigation DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1908

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