Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Faussett
Washington Supreme Court
Decided February 21, 1923No. 17727PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtParker, J.
This eminent domain proceeding was commenced in the superior court for Snohomish county by the city of Seattle, against the defendant Faussett and others, seeking a right of way for' its electric transmission lines from its hydro-electric power plant on the Skagit river over the lands of the defendants in that county to the city, in King county. A trial in that court, sitting with a jury, upon the question of the compensation to be awarded to the defendant Faus-sett for the acquiring of such right of way by the city over his land, resulted in a verdict and judgment awarding the amount of such…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Matter of Water Com'rs of AmsterdamNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Roanoke City v. BeekowitzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
- Sweet v. Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
- Spokane Valley Land & Water Co. v. Arthur D. Jones & Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1909
- Eldridge v. . City of BinghamtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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3Cited by23 opinions
- City of Tacoma v. Taxpayers of City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1987
- Union Electric Light & Power Co. v. Snyder Estate Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- City of Seattle v. NazarenusWashington Supreme Court · 1962
- Htk Management v. Seattle Monorail Auth.Washington Supreme Court · 2005
- State Ex Rel. Lange v. SUP. CT. FOR KING CTY.Washington Supreme Court · 1963
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