City of Seattle v. Dexter Horton Trust & Savings Bank
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered June 16, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in eminent domain proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This is an appeal by a landowner from an award of damages, in a condemnation action for property taken by the city of Seattle for purposes of a public street.
It appears that the appellant owned, within the condemnation district, a block of tide land, known in the record as tide land block 101. Immediately to the north of this block, was a large unplatted tract of land also owned by the appellant. This acreage or unplatted land extended from tide water to the summit, or very close to the summit, of Magnolia Bluff. The easterly portion of this unplatted land consisted of a gulch or slough,…
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