Legal Opinion

Roberts v. City of Seattle

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1911No. 9448PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from an order of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered November 18, 1910, confirming a reassessment roll for a public improvement, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.

This appeal is prosecuted from an order of the superior court of King county confirming a reassessment roll for a street improvement. It appears that, in the year 1909, the city of Seattle, under authority of an ordinance authorizing the proceedings, instituted an action to condemn certain property for the purpose of widening and improving Fifteenth avenue northeast and other streets in said city. This street extended along the west boundary of the university grounds and was only thirty feet in width. It was desired to take a strip thirty feet in width off the university grounds so as to make…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. City of Tacoma v. Nisqually Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1910
  2. In re Westlake AvenueWashington Supreme Court · 1905
  3. State ex rel. Skamania Boom Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  4. State v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1910
  5. State ex rel. City of Port Townsend v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. City of Seattle v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1959
  2. Minnesota Power & Light Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1929
  3. Ross v. Trustees of UniversityWyoming Supreme Court · 1924
  4. City of Tacoma v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Public Utility District No. 1 v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 2015

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