Legal Opinion

Baker v. Northwest Building & Investment Co.

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 31, 1903No. 4650PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Application to substitute Peter A. Berg, successor in interest of the respondent, upon an appeal from an order of the superior court for Bierce county, Chapman, J., entered February 24, 1903, temporarily restraining a public nuisance specially injurious to certain lots owned by the plaintiff, and transferred to said Berg pending the appeal.

1Per curiam

This was an application by Peter A. Berg to be substituted as plaintiff and respondent in this case in place of John S. Baker. The action was brought in the lower court by John S-. Baker to restrain the continuance of a public nuisance in the city of Tacoma. The complaint alleges in substance that the plaintiff was the owner of three certain lots of land in Tacoma adjoining property upon which a bawdy house was being maintained by defendants, and that, by reason of the proximity of said *678bawdy house to his said lots, plaintiff was specially injured in a manner different from the general…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. McKinnis v. Scottish American Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1895
  2. Keough v. McNittSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1862
  3. Nickerson v. CrawfordNew York Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Denman v. RichardsonDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1921
  2. Boyer v. RobisonWashington Supreme Court · 1906

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