State Ex Rel. Hunter v. Superior Court

This cause is before the court on certiorari to review an order of the superior court for Snohomish county-adjudicating public use and necessity for appropriation of a tract of land by the Snohomish county fire protection district No. 7.

The respondent is a fire protection district organized pursuant to statute. Its governing body is a board of three commissioners. Authority to own and acquire property by eminent domain is derived from Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), §§ 5654-115, -116, -118 [P.P.C. §§ 540-29, -31, -35] and Rem. Supp. 1947, § 5654-120, and in so far as necessary to be considered they…