Seattle & Montana Railroad v. Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Original Application for Certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Reavis, C. J.
The Bellingham Bay & Eastern Railroad Company, respondent, brought an action in the superior court of Whatcom county to> condemn for its use as a right of way certain real property owned by the Seattle & Montana Railroad Company, the petitioner, at Fair-haven. Upon the trial of the action it was adjudged that the right of way described in the petition and sought to be appropriated was necessary for the respondent railway company, and the i atended use thereof a public one, and that the public interests required the appropriation thereof,…
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