Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Pagett v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 5, 1907No. 6681PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered February 18,1907, after a hearing on the merits, adjudging a public use in an action to condemn land for the use of a highway.

1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.

On March 31, 1905, a petition and bond were filed with the commissioners of Pierce county for laying out and establishing a county road to be known as the “Julius Gulch” road. Such proceedings were had that Pierce county afterwards filed in the superior court a petition to condemn for said road certain land belonging to C. C. Pagett, Mabel Pagett, and Bridget Duffy, the relators herein, and the superior court, after taking evidence, adjudged that the purpose for which the land was sought to be condemned was a public use. Thereupon the relators applied to this co'urt for a writ of review. Upon…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mulligan v. SmithCalifornia Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Lingo v. BurfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  3. Chicago & Atlantic Railway Co. v. SuttonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Humboldt Cty. v. DinsmoreCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
  5. In re Grove StreetCalifornia Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State v. BrannanWashington Supreme Court · 1975
  2. City of Tacoma v. TitlowWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  3. State ex rel. Cation v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1920
  4. State ex rel. Havercamp v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  5. State v. Belmont Improvement Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1972

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