State ex rel. Kent Lumber Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Certiorari to review an order of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered June 13, 1904, declaring a public use upon a condemnation of certain lands for the purposes of a lighting plant, after a hearing on the merits, before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The city of Seattle, a city of the first class, brought an action in the superior court of King county for the purpose of condemning a right of way over certain lands to be used for pole and transmission lines for an electric lighting plant, which the city is now constructing for its use. The whole of the lands sought to be condemned are Avithout the city of Seattle. The Kent Lumber Company, a corporation, is the OAvner of certain of the lands sought to be condemned. This company appeared in the action and filed a demurrer to the petition of the city upon the grounds, (1) that it appears upon…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of Tacoma v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1892
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