Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Milwaukee Terminal Railway Co. v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 1909No. 8070PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for King county, W. H. Bogle, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered April 22, 1909, dismissing .condemnation proceedings, upon finding a prior public use of the property sought to be condemned, after a hearing on the merits.

1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.

The Great Northern Railway Company, hereafter called the respondent, is the owner of two detached stx'ips of land, in that part of Seattle formerly known as Ballard, and lying southerly of, and adjacent to, Shilshole avenue. The tract designated No. 1 is 150 feet in length, and tract No. 2 is 250 feet in length. Each tract is fifteen feet in width. There is an intervening strip of land, seventy-five feet in length and fifteen feet in width, which is owned by the Bolcom Mills Company, subject to an easement or right of way in the Milwaukee Terminal Railway Company, hereafter called the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. In Re Niagara Falls & Whirlpool Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
  2. Riley v. Charleston Union Station Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1905
  3. State ex rel. Harlan v. Centralia-Chehalis Electric Railway & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1906
  4. State ex rel. Trimble v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Matter of Petition of N.Y., L. W.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1885

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Neitzel v. Spokane International Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1911
  2. State ex rel. Stephens v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1920
  3. State v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1909
  4. State ex rel. Washington Boom Co. v. Chehalis Boom Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
  5. State ex rel. Union Trust & Savings Bank v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1915

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