Legal Opinion
Lewis v. City of Medina
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1976No. 43965PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This action involves the refusal of the City of Medina to issue a building permit. The Superior Court issued a writ of mandamus requiring the City to issue the permit. The Court of Appeals reversed and the property owners have appealed.
Due to the changing positions of the parties as to being appellants or respondents, we find it more clear and convenient to refer to G. Harlan Lewis and Harry G. Lewis as “plaintiffs” and the City of Medina as “defendant.”
Plaintiffs’ parents owned all of tract G of DeVries Lake Washington Tracts in 1942. Some time thereafter they sold the northerly 75 feet of…
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