Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Struntz v. Spokane County

Washington Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1915No. 12383PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Sullivan, J., entered July 30, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action to compel the issuance of a warrant in payment of a condemnation award, tried to the court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mokkis, C. J.-

In 1908, the board of county commissioners of Spokane county, pursuant to the power conferred by statute, commenced proceedings to establish a county road in part across and over lands of relators. An award was made to relators for the value of the land to be taken, which was refused, whereupon an action was commenced to condemn the right of way over relators’ lands and to ascertain the damages *188to be paid, which resulted in a verdict assessing the damages for the land taken, and damages to the remainder of the relators’ land because of such taking, in the sum of $2,875. A…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Pool v. ButlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1903
  2. City of Chicago v. BarbianIllinois Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Selde v. Lincoln CountyWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Manion v. Louisville, St. Louis & Texas R. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
  5. Chandler v. MoreyIllinois Supreme Court · 1902

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Peel v. ClausenWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  2. State Ex Rel. Eastvold v. SUP'R CT. FOR SNOHOMISH CTY.Washington Supreme Court · 1956
  3. State v. HelmArizona Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Bethany Presbyterian Church v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1929
  5. State v. CalkinsWashington Supreme Court · 1959

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