City of Seattle v. Seattle Electric Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Gilliam, J., entered March 7, 1907, after a hearing on the merits, vacating an assessment made by commissioners appointed to levy an assessment upon property specially benefited by a municipal improvement.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The city of Seattle, pursuant to powers conferred on it by its charter and by the general laws, caused all that portion of Westlake avenue lying between Denny way and Mercer street to be widened and otherwise improved. The respondent, Seattle Electric Company, owns and operates an electric railway on certain streets of the city of Seattle, among which is Westlake avenue, under a franchise granted by the city to J. D. Lowman and Jacob Furth, of whom it is the successor in interest. The track on the improved part of Westlake avenue extends in both directions beyond such part, and such track is…
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- In re Westlake AvenueWashington Supreme Court · 1905
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