City of Seattle v. Fidelity Trust Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered byD

Dunbar, J.

The city of Seattle commenced this action against the respondents to condemn certain property for the improvement of First avenue, in said city. The appellant offered to introduce in evidence the record of condemnation proceedings involving the land in question, which proceedings were instituted in 1889. The court excluded the record of condemnation proceedings, and error is alleged on the action of the court in that respect. It was the opinion of the court that the statute in reference to the time the appraisers should make their report was…