Bordy v. State

This is a suit in equity in which plaintiff, individually and as trustee for thirty other persons similarly situated, petitions the court to set aside the waivers of damage and deeds to the land used by the state in the construction of a highway, on the ground that they were procured by the fraud of the state and its agents. By stipulation of the parties only two causes of action were tried. The trial court found for the plaintiff and the state appeals.

The record shows that in 1931 and 1932 certain residents of Thurston and Burt counties, being desirous of having a state highway constructed…