State v. Wenatchee Valley Holding Co.

The state commenced this eminent domain proceeding in the superior court for Chelan county, seeking to acquire a right of way for a state highway over land the legal title to which is in the Wenatchee Valley Holding Company; M. S. Stewart and wife having an interest therein under a contract with the holding’ company for the purchase thereof and having paid a portion of the purchase price. Proceedings were had in the cause, resulting in there being duly rendered by the court on August 15, 1931, an order adjudicating public use and necessity for the state acquiring the right of way. Neither the…