Calispel Diking District No. 1 v. McLeish
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from judgments and orders of the superior court for Stevens county, Carey, J., entered March 7, 1910, awarding damages and confirming assessments levied to pay therefor, in proceedings .to condemn land for a system of dikes.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
In the latter part of the year 1908, certain freeholders residing in a portion of Stevens county re*332quiring diking organized a diking district composed of such-territory and elected three “dike commissioners” to manage the affairs of the district, pursuant to the act of March 20,. 1895, and the act amendatory thereof. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 4091 et seq. Thereafter the dike commissioners began proceedings looking to the construction of a system of dikes. To that end they filed a petition in the superior court of Stevens county praying for the' condemnation and appropriation of a right of way for a…
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