State v. Charlton

Denney, J. †

Petitioners, by writ of certiorari, seek reversal of an order adjudicating public use and necessity in a condemnation action. The state sought petitioners’ land for road purposes near the intersection of S. 188th Street, Military Road and the Seattle-Tacoma Freeway.

Negotiations between the state and petitioners commenced in 1959 for the acquisition of right-of-way and limited access rights by the state to widen S. 188th Street and provide better alignment of the adjacent roads with the undercrossing under the new freeway and the on- and-off ramps to the freeway. In 1964, as a…