Legal Opinion

City of Tacoma v. Titlow

Washington Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 1909No. 8019PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for Pierce ■county, Chapman, J., entered December 5, 1908, adjudging a public use and directing an assessment of damages in a •condemnation proceeding, after a trial on the merits before ■the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Rudkin, C. J.-

This proceeding was instituted by the city of Tacoma, a municipal corporation of the first class, to condemn and appropriate a right of way over certain lands within and without its corporate limits, for the purpose of expending Sixth avenue, “west to the high land on the shore of Puget Sound, and thence by curving the said Sixth avenue from a point in lot 3, section 3, township 20, north, range 2 *218east, to a point on the Inner Harbor line about midway between Wilton waterway and Day Island waterway.” A portion of the land thus sought to be appropriated lies in block 182, Tacoma…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Selde v. Lincoln CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  3. City of Seattle v. Columbia & Puget Sound RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1893
  4. State ex rel. Schroeder v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  5. State v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1906

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. City of Des Moines v. HemenwayWashington Supreme Court · 1968
  2. State Ex Rel. Bremerton Bridge Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1938
  3. State Ex Rel. Flick v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Chlopeck Fish Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1911
  5. City of Spokane v. MerriamWashington Supreme Court · 1914

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