Blankenship v. State

The respondents, Blankenship, are the owners of a tract of land situated in the city of Olympia, lying south of, and abutting upon, the lands of the state of Washington upon which certain of its capitol buildings are constructed. In improving its own property, 'the state entered upon the respondents ’ property and appropriated a strip of land some twenty feet in width, extending for the full length of the property; that is to say, it graded the property for a width of some eight feet down to the street level, constructed thereon a roadway, and graded the bank for the remainder of the distance…