City of Tacoma v. Hansen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the superior-court for Pierce county, Easterday, J., entered October 25,. 1909, upon the verdict of a jury awarding damages in condemnation proceedings.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
The city of Tacoma instituted this action to condemn lands of the defendants L. N. Hansen and others for street purposes. The jury awarded Hansen $1,463 for lands taken, $550 for moving improvements, but found no damages to his land not taken. Trom the final judgment entered on their verdict, the defendant Hansen has appealed.
Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial. The proposed street will pass through appellant’s land, which is unplatted, in such a manner as to divide the portion not taken into tracts of unequal size. He claimed damages to the…
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