State v. King County

This case comes here pursuant to a writ of certiorari issued by this court to review an order of public use and necessity entered by the King County Superior Court in a condemnation proceeding. The purpose of the eminent domain proceeding is to acquire land located in what is known as the Ridgewood district of Seattle for the proposed South Campus of the Seattle Community College. The questions before this court concern interpretation of the Community College Act of 1967, Laws of 1967, Ex. Ses., ch. 8.

In enacting the Community College Act of 1967, now codified as RCW 28.85, the legislature…