Metropolitan Building Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered December 17, 1915, dismissing an action to cancel assessments for a public improvement, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellant’s action was to cancel certain alleged assessments against a tract of land known as the “University Grounds,” in Seattle, and appellant’s leasehold interest therein. Cancellation of the assessments .was denied in the court below. Appellant derived its interest by assignment to it of the lease to its predecessor in interest, the Seattle Realty & Building Company, which was made in December, 1907. In December, 1905, the city council of Seattle, by ordinance No. 18,074, authorized and directed condemnation proceedings to acquire the right to regrade and make certain physical changes in…
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