Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. Board of Commissioners
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Prehle, J., entered February 16, 1917, dismissing an action to restrain the collection of an assessment, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— In the year 1915, the county commissioners of Yakima county, pursuant to the provisions of the statute of 1913 (Laws of 1913, p. 611, ch. 176; Rem. Code, §§4226-1 to 4226-41), established a drainage district in that county, known as subdistrict No. 4 of drainage improvement district No. 3. The subdistrict comprised approximately 8,000 acres, and included a portion of the right of way and the improvements thereon of the appellant railway company. The right of way so included is some four miles in length and amounts in area to 53.1 acres. The district was organized for the purpose of…
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