Idaho & Western Railway Co. v. Coey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Yakey, J., entered June 22, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in a proceeding to condemn land for railroad purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Action by respondent to appropriate lands of appellants for its right of way. Appeal is taken from the *292judgment, alleging errors by the court in withholding from the jury certain elements claimed by appellants as proper to be considered in determining the depreciation in value of the land not taken. The errors are assigned in various ways. They can, however, be best treated by discussing appellants’ requested instructions, which the court refused to give.
The first of these requested instructions is as follows:
“You are hereby instructed that danger from fire communicated from passing engines…
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