STATE EX REL. EASTVOLD v. SUP'R CT. FOR KING CTY.

No. 32922.

45 Wn.2d 48 (1954)

272 P.2d 624

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Don Eastvold, as Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR KING COUNTY, Ward Roney, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

July 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, Paul Sinnitt and William C. Hallin, Assistants, for relator.

Guttormsen, Scholfield, Willits & Ager, for respondent.


OLSON, J.

The question presented is whether or not the trial court, in a condemnation proceeding brought by the state of Washington to acquire property for highway purposes, has authority to grant a new trial, after a verdict by a jury determining the compensation to be paid, and before entry of judgment on that verdict.

An order adjudicating public use of the land in question was regularly entered, and a jury trial was had to determine the amount of compensation...

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