Gillam v. City of Centralia

This is an action to recover compensation for damage to real property, by deprivation of access, light, and air, caused by the construction of a viaduct, or overcrossing, to separate the grade of a certain street in the city of Centraba from the grade of an intersecting railroad. The court, after trial without a jury, entered findings, conclusions, and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, and defendant city has appealed.

In the lower court, by demurrer and by answer, the issue was raised that the action had not been commenced within the time limited by law. That is the principal question…