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CITY OF TACOMA v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO.

No. 35494.

57 Wn.2d 257 (1960)

356 P.2d 586

THE CITY OF TACOMA, Petitioner, v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY et al., Respondents and Relators, THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR LEWIS COUNTY, John E. Murray, Judge, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

November 9, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brodie & Fristoe and Hull, Armstrong & Vander Stoep, for relators.

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

Marshall McCormick, Paul J. Nolan, James F. Henriot, and Quinby R. Bingham, for petitioner City of Tacoma.

FINLEY, J.

This case comes to us on a writ of certiorari to review an order of public use and necessity issued in a condemnation action. The city of Tacoma is engaged in the development of a hydroelectric project on the Cowlitz River to provide electricity for the needs of the city. A part of the project is the construction of the Mayfield Dam. The reservoir behind the dam will inundate land in which the relators have mineral...

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