Legal Opinion

Barrett v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided November 13, 1908No. 7481PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Morris, J., entered May 5, 1908, confirming an assessment for benefits by a local improvement in condemnation proceedings instituted by a city, upon an appeal from an order of the city council confirming the assessment.

1Per curiam

— The judgment in this case must be reversed on the authority of Schuchard v. Seattle, ante p. 41, 97 Pac. 1106, where an assessment on other property for the same improvement under the same state of facts was declared invalid, unless the court below failed to obtain jurisdiction of the appeal from the city council for certain reasons assigned by the respondent. It is contended that the notice of appeal filed with the city clerk was defective because it referred to the wrong ordinance; that no notice of the filing of the transcript in the superior court was served on the city clerk, as…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Schuchard v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Harris v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1905

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re Rockwood BoulevardWashington Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Sperry v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Emerson v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1909

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