Legal Opinion

City of Seattle v. Peabody

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 8, 1920No. 15902PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Prater, J., entered September 8, 1919., confirming an assessment for a local improvement, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

An appeal has been taken by certain property owners from a judgment of the superior court confirming assessments upon their property, made by a board of eminent domain commissioners to meet the costs of a local improvement in laying off, opening, extending and establishing a street known as West Marginal Way, in the city of Seattle.

Appellants’ property, known as the Kellogg Acre Tracts, consists of about thirty acres, and is entirely surrounded by the navigable waters of the Duwamish river." Between the island and the west bank of the stream, the waterway varies from two hundred fifty to six…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Hutt v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  3. East Hoquiam Co. v. City of HoquiamWashington Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Dickson v. City of RacineWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
  5. In re Third, Fourth & Fifth AvenuesWashington Supreme Court · 1909

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Doolittle v. City of EverettWashington Supreme Court · 1990
  2. City of St. Louis v. Franklin BankSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  3. In Re the Consolidated Appeals of JonesWashington Supreme Court · 1958
  4. In re Local Improvement AssessmentsWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Clark v. Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1954

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