H. A. & L. D. Holland Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Washington; Frank H. Rudkin, Judge. Suits in equity by the H. A. & D. D. Holland Company, by George Turner and wife, by H. J. Shinn and wifej and by W. H. Kiernan and wife against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Decrees for defendant, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
The appellants are severally the owners of property in the city of Spokane, abutting on what is referred to in the record as “Railroad street,” which is a strip of land 2^5.7 feet wide, occupied in part by the railroad tracks of the defendant company, and intersected by cross-streets. Upon February 6, 1912, by ordinance, the city required the defendant to separate its grade from the street grades, and this it proposes to do by means of a dirt fill, approximately 15 feet high and 85 feet wide, with retaining walls of stone or concrete. To prevent the creation of such…
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