Pierce County ex rel. Bellingham v. Duffy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Clifford, J., entered March 20, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
Pierce county is condemning about 35,000 acres of land for an army post at Camp Lewis, as provided for in ch. 3, Laws of 1917, p¡ 2. An order adjudicating the public use and necessity was duly entered, and the cause set for trial to a jury to determine the compensation to be paid the landowners. For convenience the lands were divided into groups, twenty-five to fifty parcels of land belonging to different owners being considered in a group, and awards made by the jury accordingly. The trial as to one of these groups involved 200 acres belonging to appellants, J. J. Duffy and wife. At the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- San Diego Land & Town Co. v. NealeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1888
- Kerr v. South Park CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Smith v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- St. Louis Electric Terminal Railway Co. v. MacAdarasSupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- Taylor v. KiddWashington Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by7 opinions
- Lange v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. WinebergWashington Supreme Court · 1968
- Keller Lorenz Co. v. Insurance Associates Corp.Idaho Supreme Court · 1977
- State v. TemplemanCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1984
- Young v. New England Transportation CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964
2 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.