Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Spokane Falls & Northern Railway Co. v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1905No. 5839PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered September 5, 1905, upon findings in favor of the defendant, after a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing on the merits a petition to condemn a railway right of way across land appropriated by another railway for terminal purposes.

1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.

This is an application for a writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the superior court of Spokane county, dismissing the petition of the Spokane Dalis & Northern Railway Company to condemn certain lands in the city of Spokane, which had been appropriated by the Spokane International Railway Company. The land sought to be appropriated was a strip thirty feet in width, a distance of about four blocks between Division street and Washington street. Without the filing of a map with this opinion, which is impracticable, it would be impossible to intelligently describe the situation to any one…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Nicomen Boom Co. v. North Shore Boom & Driving Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Seattle & Montana Railroad v. Bellingham Bay & Eastern RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1902

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Union Trust & Savings Bank v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1915
  2. North Coast Railway v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
  3. State ex rel. Columbia Valley Railroad v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  4. State ex rel. South Fork Log Driving Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  5. State ex rel. Portland & Seattle Railway Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1907

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