Legal Opinion

State v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 9, 1916No. 13152PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Jefferson county, Ralston, J., entered October 5, 1915, adjudging a public use and necessity in condemnation proceedings.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

This is a proceeding brought by the Port Townsend and Puget Sound Railway Company against the city of Port Townsend and the state of Washington to condemn for terminal purposes certain real property lying part*455ly within and partly without the corporate limits of the city named. The lands sought to be condemned are tide lands. On December 3, 1891, the state of Washington, acting by and through its then board of harbor line commissioners, established a harbor area in front of the city of Port Townsend, and from this harbor area, extending inland and northerly across the intervening tide lands,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Town of West Seattle v. West Seattle Land & Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  3. Johnson v. Puget Mill Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902
  4. State v. WhitneyWashington Supreme Court · 1912
  5. State ex rel. B. Schade Brewing Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1911

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Commercial Waterway District No. 1 v. Permanente Cement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1963
  2. City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1957
  3. City of Tacoma v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Public Utility District No. 1 v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 2015
  5. City of Seattle v. P. B. Investment Co.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1974

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