Legal Opinion
Town of Othello v. Harder
Washington Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1955No. 33118PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonworth, J.
This is an eminent domain proceeding initiated by the town of Othello to condemn an easement, approximately one and one-half miles long, for an effluent pipe line and wasteway as an addition to its sewerage disposal system over and across 960 acres of farm land owned by appellants.
On December 14,1953, the town council enacted ordinance No. 130, which reads, in part, as follows:
“An Ordinance Authorizing the Town Attorney to Institute and Carry Out Eminent Domain Proceedings
“Whereas, the Town of Othello is constructing a Sewer System for the use and benefit of the people of the Town of Othello,…
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