City of Seattle v. Mount Pleasant Cemetery Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeals from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, J., entered January 4, 1910, confirming a condemnation assessment roll for a local improvement, after a hearing on the merits before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
Under the eminent domain law, Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7768 et seq., the city of Seattle is extending Sixth avenue west and charging the expense thereof by special assessment against the real property benefited thereby. Among the property so assessed, and for which assessments the trial court rendered judgment, is certain land belonging to the Mount Pleasant Cemetery Company, and also certain land belonging to the Washington Cremation Association. Judgment was rendered against the land of the cemetery company, upon a trial after its appearance, and judgment was rendered against the land of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Proprietors of the Cemetery v. Mayor of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
- Rhode Island Mortgage & Trust Co. v. City of SpokaneWashington Supreme Court · 1898
- State ex rel. Oakland Cemetery Ass'n v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1887
- Bank of California v. DyerWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Oakland Cemetery v. City of YonkersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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