STATE v. MELTON

No. 32251.

41 Wn.2d 298 (1952)

248 P.2d 892

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Petitioner, v. JOHN E. MELTON et al., Respondents and Relators.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

October 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Simpson, Keith, Winston, MacGillivray & Repsold, and E. Lawrence White, for respondents and relators.

The Attorney General, J. Arnold Cobley and Storrs B. Clough, Assistants, for petitioner.


GRADY, J.

This is a certiorari proceeding to review an order of the superior court adjudging that the appropriation of an easement across a certain tract of land by the state of Washington is necessary as an integral part of its highway system. The state of Washington has established a section of primary state highway No. 2 through the city of Spokane as a limited access facility and seeks to acquire an easement to terminate September 1, 1954, over a tract of land...

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