Brown v. County of Pierce

Tlie opinion of tire court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

— This action was brought by respondents against appellants. The respondents allege that they were the owners of a certain lot in the city of Tacoma, which was at the time of the acts complained of reasonably worth $200, and that a dwelling house thereon was worth tire additional sum of $1,200. It is alleged in the complaint that the appellants, through their respective health officers, and without the consent of respondents, seized and appropriated said lot and building for the purpose of using them as a pesthouse for the isolation and…