Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. McCormick
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Brents, J., entered June 15, 1906, in condemnation proceedings, upon the verdict of a jury assessing damages to property taken for public use.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
This is a condemnation proceeding. The use for which the petitioner asks the property was adjudged to be a public one. The owner was served by publication summons and made no appearance. A trial upon the question of damages was had before a jury. A verdict was returned, and the court rendered judgment thereon against the petitioner and in favor of the owner for $375. The owner has appealed from the judgment.
Appellant assigns as error that the trial court caused an open venire to be issued for the summoning of jurors to' serve in the cause, and that a jury was impaneled from persons so…
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