City of Seattle v. Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered March 9, 1915, confirming an assessment roll in eminent domain proceedings by a city, after a trial on the merits to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
The respondent city condemned a strip of land through the property of the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company (which for brevity we shall call the Traction Company), 54 feet wide and about 1,200 feet long, extending from Woodland Park avenue to the intersection of Green Lake boulevard and Ashworth avenue. The strip was to constitute an extension of North Seventy-seventh street. A jury in the condemnation proceeding found the value of the land appropriated to be $8,250, for which sum a verdict was awarded. The matter was then referred by the court to the board of eminent domain…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Norwood v. BakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- In re Westlake AvenueWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- City of Spokane v. MilesWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- In re Eighth Avenue NorthwestWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Seattle v. Meteor Land Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
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