North Coast Railway v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Rigg, J., entered May 13, 1907, upon findings in favor of the petitioner, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, adjudging a public use and ordering an assessment of damages in a condemnation proceeding.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This proceeding was instituted by the North Coast Railway as petitioner against the Northern Pacific Railway Company and others as claimants, for the purpose of condemning a right of way for the petitioning corporation. The land which the petitioner seeks to condemn lies within the right of way of the claimant Northern Pacific Railway Company, in Yakima county. The claimant company’s title to its right of way in general was acquired from the United States through an act of Congress passed in 1864, which granted to claimant’s predecessor in interest, Northern Pacific Railroad Company, two…
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