Hargrave v. City of Colfax
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Whitman county, McCroskey, J., entered June 13, 1914, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action for damages from the regrade of a street.
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
Appellants’ action against respondent was to recover damages by way of diminished market value, resulting from the regrade of streets on which their community property abuts. The streets being improved were Main and James streets, abutting on appellants’ property on two sides. The original grade on both streets was established by ordinance in 1891, and the streets were afterwards physically graded to the established grade. Appellants’ property was thereafter improved and adjusted with reference to the grade, and, among other improvements, a stone wall was built around the property on Main and…
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