Thayer v. Spokane County
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a, judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Eennan, J., entered June 27, 1903, upon the findings and decisions of the court, after a trial on the merits, a jury being waived, in an action of ejectment.
1Opinion of the Court
Hadley, J. —
Appellants brought this action against Spokane county, and alleged that on the 1st day of March, 1896, they were seized ánd possessed of a certain described eighty-acre tract of land, in said county; that about said date the eounty, without their consent, forcibly entered upon, and took possession of, a strip of land forty feet in width, extending across the aforesaid tract, which strip is now known as the “extension of the Rutherford road;” that said county has ever since had said strip without consent of appellants. Damage to the land in the sum of $120 is alleged, and judgment…
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