City of Spokane v. Colby

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

Prior to the commencement of this suit, the respondent, the city of Spokane, had under the act regulating the right of eminent domain by cities, condemned a certain strip of land through appellant’s land, for the purpose of laying and maintaining a water main from its pumping station to its distributing system in the city. About the time of the completion of the water works system, the city made a contract with the Inland Telephone Company, a corporation owning and operating the telephone *611system in use in the said city of Spokane, to…