CITY OF SEATTLE v. STATE

No. 35038.

54 Wn.2d 139 (1959)

338 P.2d 126

THE CITY OF SEATTLE, Petitioner, v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Defendant and Relator, THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR KING COUNTY, Raymond Royal, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

April 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Attorney General, E.P. Donnelly and H.T. Hartinger, Assistants, for relator.

A.C. Van Soelen, G. Grant Wilcox, and John P. Harris, for respondent.


ROSELLINI, J.

[1] The city of Seattle instituted a condemnation proceeding in the superior court of King county, seeking to acquire certain state school and capitol building lands situated outside the city limits for use in connection with its proposed Tolt river reservoir. An order adjudicating public use was entered, and the state petitioned for a writ of certiorari, alleging that the court was proceeding without jurisdiction, and that there was no...

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