In re Third, Fourth & Fifth Avenues, Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered June 27, 1907, confirming an assessment roll made by commissioners appointed to assess property specially benefited by local improvements, after a hearing before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This is an appeal from the judgment of the superior court affirming an assessment roll for street im*111provemcnts in Seattle. The city council of Seattle passed an ordinance which provided for the widening, twelve feet on each side, of Third and Fourth avenues from Pike street to Denny way, and Fifth avenue from Westlake avenue to Denny way, and for changing the official grade of portions of said avenues and intersecting streets. Said avenues and streets run through what is known as “Denny hill,” and the change of the grade involves deep cuts through the hill. The widening and regrading schemes…
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