Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of tbe superior court for Grant county, Hill, J., entered February 26, 1918, awarding damages in condemnation proceedings, after a trial to tbe court and a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, C. J.
The chief question in this case is the proper measure of compensation and damages in a condemnation proceeding.
On September 9, 1913, judgment was entered in the superior court for Grant county whereby 16 and 2/10 acres of land on Moses Lake, in that county, were decreed subject to appropriation for a public use by the respondent, subject to the right of the respondent to acquire the same by condemnation, for the construction and maintenance of a dam site. That judgment was entered by direction of this court, culminating protracted litigation. See State ex rel. Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie v.…
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