City of Tacoma v. Nisqually Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered September 14, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff and the verdict of the jury awarding damages, after a trial on the merits, in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This is a proceeding instituted by the city of Tacoma to condemn and appropriate certain lands and water rights lying along the Nisqually river, for the purpose of generating electric power for the city. The appellant, being an owner of certain lands sought by the city for this purpose, resisted the attempt and, from a judgment of appropriation in which it is awarded $50,000 as the value of its lands, it appeals.
Exceptions were taken by appellant to the order of the court holding the contemplated use by the city to be a public use and necessity; and various objections raised by appellant at…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- In Re Niagara Falls & Whirlpool Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Healy Lumber Co. v. MorrisWashington Supreme Court · 1903
- Matter of Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Brown v. GeraldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
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