Port of Edmonds v. Northwest Fur Breeders Cooperative, Inc.

Appellant Northwest Fur Breeders Cooperative, Inc. (the Coop) appeals the trial court's determination of public use and necessity in this condemnation action taken by respondent Port of Edmonds (the Port). Because we find that the Port commissioners' vote to condemn the Coop's land was taken in violation of statutory law, we reverse the judgment below.

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The Coop is an animal food products processor and distributor whose principal plant of operation is located on a site upland from the Edmonds waterfront. The %-acre site is completely surrounded by land owned by the Port. The Coop used to own…