State ex rel. Bremer v. Superior Court

The city of Bremerton is seeking through condemnation proceedings to extend one of its streets over certain tide lands belonging to relatrix. The trial court, having adjudged the contemplated use to which the city sought to appropriate the lands was a public use, ordered a jury to ascertain their value and the compensation to be paid relatrix for the lands to be taken. Relatrix thereupon applied to this court for a writ of certiorari to review the adjudication of public use. The court granted an order to show cause, and upon the return thereof, respondent moves to quash, upon the ground that…