Kaufman v. Tacoma, Olympia & Gray's Harbor Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

The plaintiffs were owners' of a certain tract of land abutting on Seventh street in the city of Olympia, and had a residence thereon, and they brought this action for damages against the defendant for constructing its line of railway along said street. The grounds of damages alleged are in substance,^that the defendant cut a deep tunnel along said street adjacent to the plaintiffs’ premises, and constructed a railway through the same, and covered said tunnel with timbers and plank for the purpose of making a roadway along said Seventh street…