State ex rel. Washington Public Service Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court May 15, 1915, for a writ of prohibition to the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., to prohibit the entry of a decree in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Olympia, a city of the third class of the state of Washington, by appropriate resolutions and ordinances under the public utilities act of 1909, found in Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 8005 to 8010 (P. C. 77 §§ 1073-1083), began proceedings to condemn and purchase the water system and plant belonging to the Washington Public Service Company, a corporation, located in and supplying the city of Olympia. After appropriate preliminary proceedings, a change of venue being taken from the superior court of Thurston county to the superior court of Pierce county, a trial was had therein by the jury for the…
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