State ex rel. Sylvester v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review an order of the superior court for Benton county, Holcomb, J., entered April 6, 1910,’ adjudging a public use in condemnation proceedings, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
The North Coast Railroad Company, a public service corporation, commenced proceedings in the superior «court of Benton county to condemn the interests of Norbert R. Sylvester and Margaret M. Rankans in the north thirty feet of Front street, in Kennewick, Washington. The trial judge entered an order adjudging a public necessity and use. *280The defendants applied to this court for a writ of certiorari, which has been issued, and the order is now before us for review.
The evidence shows that, on January 3, 1907, the town of Kennewick, by Ordinance No. 45, granted the respondent railroad company…
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