City of Spokane v. Thompson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendants from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered March 6, 1912, upon the verdict of a jury assessing damages to abutting property from a change of grade.
1Opinion of the Court
Ellis, J.—Action
by the city of Spokane to ascertain and assess the damage to abutting property by a change of grade of Front avenue. The city by ordinance changed the grade of Front avenue and of Division street, which intersect each other, the former running east and west, the latter north and south. It then by ordinance provided for the institution of condemnation suits against the owners of abutting properties. This action relates only to the change of grade of Front avenue, and includes as defendants all the *652owners of properties abutting upon the part of that street so changed. The action…
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