Jones v. City of Seattle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reavis, J.

There are two causes of action stated in the complaint. The first is the appropriation of nine feet of'plaintiff’s premises for a street; the second, negligence in grading the street. The answer to the first cause of action set up certain condemnation proceedings taken by the city a number of years before, and that the land by virtue of such proceedings had been appropriated. The answer to the second cause of action, after denials, was the former adjudication of damages in a suit for damages to plaintiff’s premises in the grading and…