Peterson v. Baker
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Richardson, J., entered September 21, 1904, in favor of the defendants, after a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing on the merits an action to enjoin the maintenance of a public highway.
1Opinion of the CourtBudkin, J.
On the 4th day of March,' 1903, the plaintiffs purchased from the state of Washington all of tract 3, of section 16, township 24, north, range 4, east of the Willamette Meridian, in King county, and are still the owners thereof. As such owners, they brought this action to restrain the defendants, as county commissioners of King county, from opening up or maintaining a public highway across the land so purchased. It was conceded that the road in question has been maintained across said tract since prior to the year 1876, and that such road has been kept up at public expense, and used…
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