Lancey v. King County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County.— Hon. J. W. Langley, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
This action was brought to enjoin the respondents, as county officers, from proceeding, under an act of the legislature approved February 12, 1895 (Laws 1895, p. 3), entitled “An act to grant to and prescribe powers of counties relative to public works undertaken or proposed by the State of Washington, or the United States, and declaring an emergency,” to condemn land for a right of way for a ship canal to connect Lakes Union and Washington in King county with the waters of Puget Sound, an undertaking projected by the general government.
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