MARSHLAND FLOOD CONTR. DIST. OF SNOHOMISH CTY. v. G.N. RY. CO.

No. 38906.

71 Wn.2d 365 (1967)

428 P.2d 531

MARSHLAND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Respondent, v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

June 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Paul Tjossem and Woodrow L. Taylor, for petitioner.

Bell, Ingram & Smith, Newell Smith, Miles & Level, and Edward E. Level, for respondent.


WEAVER, J.

This is an action of condemnation by the Marshland Flood Control District of Snohomish County, a municipal corporation, against the Great Northern Railway Company. The district seeks an order of public use and necessity for (1) an easement to tie its dikes into both sides of the railroad's embankment at the west end of Great Northern Bridge No. 1775, which spans the Snohomish River in Snohomish County; and (2) a judicial determination of the district's...

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