State ex rel. Madden v. Public Utility District No. 1

Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County and its commissioners appeal from a writ of mandamus compelling them to grant respondents Madden and Hymer perpetual easements. These easements were granted *220pursuant to RCW 54.16.220 on land acquired by appellants from respondents.

This case presents three issues: (1) whether the trial court properly ruled that a prior common-law rule does not prevail over a later statute in derogation of that rule; (2) whether the trial court properly exercised its discretion in excluding testimony of appraisers; and (3) whether article 8, section 7 of the…