City of Vancouver v. Corporation of the Catholic Bishop
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Clarke county, Back, J., entered May 18, 1911, confirming an assessment roll for a public improvement, after a hearing before the court.
1DissentChadwick, J.
(dissenting) — This is an eminent domain proceeding. I have prepared a plat to illustrate my argument.
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If it is apparent from the record that the eminent domain commission has not made a fair assessment, we have always set aside the assessment roll. The test usually employed is to compare the assessment upon the property of the protesting owners with the assessment put upon the property relatively situated. The appellant is the owner of prop*324erty equal in extent to two blocks, bounded by Thirteenth and Twelfth streets on the north and south, and Washington and Daniels streets on the east and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lewis v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Lincoln County v. BrockWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- In re Eighth Avenue NorthwestWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- Hieber v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1913
- In re Boyer AvenueWashington Supreme Court · 1914
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