State ex rel. Wauconda Investment Co. v. Superior Court

The county of King, by petition and notice, instituted in the superior court for that county a proceeding to condemn lands within the limits of the city of Seattle near the mouth of the Duwamish river, for a site for a public dock and wharf. The relator, Wauconda Investment Company, as owner of much of the land sought to be taken, was made a party and interposed a demurrer to the petition, challenging the authority of the county to exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose mentioned. The court overruled the demurrer, and the petitioner introduced evidence upon which the court…