Seattle v. Fritsch

Appellants instituted condemnation proceedings in the superior court of Snohomish county to condemn certain property rights for its right of way for an electric transmission system connecting its power plant in Whatcom county, Washington, with the city of Seattle. In a former appeal, Seattle v. Faussett, 123 Wash. 613, 212 Pac. 1085, we held that the city could take less than a fee to the property condemned. There are five hundred and seventy-seven separate tracts of land and over six hundred parties defendant. It is alleged that the parties named are all persons having an interest in the…