City of Seattle v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered October 11, 1907, confirming an assessment made by commissioners appointed to assess property specially benefited by a local improvement, after a hearing before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
The respondent instituted this proceeding for the purpose of widening Third avenue in the city of Seattle from the north line of Yesler Way to the south line of Park street. A trial was had for the purpose of ascertaining the compensation to be made for the property taken and damaged. Thereafter the board of eminent domain commissioners, to whom the matter was referred, prepared an assessment roll for the purpose of creating a fund with which to pay the damages awarded. The board, inter alia, assessed the appellant’s “right of way, right of occupancy, franchise, and interest in Third avenue…
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