State Ex Rel. Troy v. Superior Court

— The above matters require our consideration of certain procedural questions raised in the trial of a King county condemnation action, entitled: State of Washington, Petitioner, v. Eldon R. Stout et al., Defendants, being cause No. 412610 of the superior court of the state of Washington for King county, in which the state sought to condemn for highway purposes eighty-four one-hundredths of an acre of land. The defendants were duly served, and, in due course, entered their appearances. On the 4th day of November, 1949, a hearing was held before the Honorable Chester A. Batchelor, a judge of…