Milwaukee Terminal Railway Co. v. City of Seattle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, French, J., entered September 22, 1913, upon a verdict of no damages, in proceedings to condemn property for a public improvement.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
This is a proceeding in eminent domain, instituted by the respondent, city of Seattle, against the appellant, Milwaukee Terminal Railway Company, a corporation, to condemn the right to damage real estate for the purpose of raising the grade of Shilshole avenue. Appellant’s prop*103erty, which lies 2.7 feet below the grade of Shilshole avenue, is occupied by a railway track, and consists of a strip of land 15 feet in width, abutting 150 feet in length on the avenue. The city proposes to raise the avenue eleven feet above its present grade, or 13.70 feet above the present surface of appellant’s…
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