GRAYS HARBOR CO. v. COATS-FORDNEY CO.

No. 132.

243 U.S. 251 (1917)

GRAYS HARBOR LOGGING COMPANY ET AL. v. COATS-FORDNEY LOGGING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H. Abel, with whom Mr. A.M. Abel was on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. William M. Smith, with whom Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. F.W. Clements were on the briefs, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The Coats-Fordney Logging Company, defendant in error, instituted a proceeding by petition in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Chehalis County against Grays Harbor Logging Company and W.E. Boeing, wherein it sought to condemn and take certain of their lands situate in that county for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a logging railroad as a private way of necessity in order to bring...

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