State v. Sternoff

Appellants owned approximately 24 acres of undeveloped industrial property in King County, Washington. They appeal from a judgment entered in an eminent domain proceeding appropriating and fixing compensation for 14 acres of their tract. Error is assigned to rulings of the trial court precluding submission, in the condemnation action, of a claim for damages purportedly arising from imposition of a so-called “freeze order” upon the property pursuant to RCW 47.28.025 and 47.28.026. These statutes provide:

“Whenever any authority in behalf of the state shall establish the location, width and…