Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. Murphine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, C. J. —

This was a proceeding by appellant to appropriate a strip one hundred feet wide across the lands of respondents for the purpose of a right-of-way for its railroad. The land consists of a single enclosure containing about twenty-five or thirty acres. It lies in the valley of theStilaguamishriver,in Snohomish county,and islowand level agricultural land, and especially adapted to the raising of hay, for which purpose it seems to have been used for several years. It was also used as a pasture for stock during several months of each year.…