State Ex Rel. Tacoma School District No. 10 v. Stojack

By writ of certiorari, Tacoma School District No. 10 presents for review an order of the trial court refusing to enter a decree of public use and necessity that would have permitted the school district to condemn defendant’s property. The order dismissed the school district’s condemnation action.

Prior to the commencement of this action, the school district had acquired approximately seventy-three contiguous acres of land, by other means than condemnation, for the purpose of erecting a new high school in South Tacoma. The district desired to condemn approximately three acres of land, lying in…