Chicago, & Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Alexander
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Snell, J., entered December 1, 1906, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages for the value of land condemned for a railroad right of way.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
Action by the plaintiff, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, against Hubbard F. Alexander and others, to condemn land near the city of Tacoma for a right of way. After an order had been entered adjudging the proposed use to be public, a jury ivas impaneled, and awarded the defendants $55,205, for the value of the land taken and damage to the land not taken. From a judgment assessing damages in this amount, the plaintiff has appealed.
Respondents’ land, with a frontage of four hundred and fifty-five feet on the east bank of the Puyallup river, consists of a little less than nine…
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