Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Union Lumber Co. v. Superior Court

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1912No. 10696PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Easterday, J., entered August 19, 1912, adjudging a public use and necessity, in proceedings to condemn land for railway purposes.

1Opinion of the CourtMourns, J.

Relator operates a logging railway in connection with its mill, which crosses the right of way located by the respondent railway company, upon which it proposes to construct its new four-track line of road, known as the “water line,” and to that end proposes to condemn relator’s right of way at the point of intersection. The respondent, after setting forth in its petition the description of the land it seeks to appropriate, the grades of the two lines of railway, the configuration of the ground at and near the intersecting point, and the situation as to grade, overhead and underhead crossings…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Seattle & Montana Railroad v. RoederWashington Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Spokane Valley Land & Water Co. v. Arthur D. Jones & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
  3. State ex rel. Kent Lumber Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Olympia Light & Power Co. v. HarrisWashington Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. City of Seattle v. FaussettWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  2. State Ex Rel. Eastvold v. SUP'R CT. FOR SNOHOMISH CTY.Washington Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Feuerborn v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1961
  4. State ex rel. Puget Sound & Willapa Harbor Railway Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1916
  5. City of Seattle v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1914

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