King County v. Joyce
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered May 15, 1916, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— This action was brought to condemn a right of way for a county road. The county is seeking to put a road across a part of a large tract of land owned by appellants. The land is situate partly in the Snoqualmié valley. The valley land is level, cultivated farm land. The remainder is logged-oif hill land. The road contemplated, while new construction, is in fact a change in the present road leading across the hill lands of appellants. Instead of following over the break of the hill, it is to start some distance back, and is to follow the course of a gulch in which flows a small stream of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. GilchristWashington Supreme Court · 1892
- In re the Petition for Regrade of Jackson StreetWashington Supreme Court · 1907
- Johnson v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1905
3Cited by3 opinions
- City of Renton v. Scott Pacific Terminal, Inc.Court of Appeals of Washington · 1973
- Polson Logging Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Puget Sound Power & Light Co. v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941