STATE EX REL. DEVONSHIRE v. SUPER. CT. FOR KING CTY.

No. 38897.

70 Wn.2d 630 (1967)

424 P.2d 913

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the Relation of Wickes A. Devonshire et al., Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR KING COUNTY et al., Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

March 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Short, Cressman & Cable and Douglas R. Hartwich, for petitioner.

A.L. Newbould, G. Grant Wilcox, and Jorgen G. Bader, for respondents.


HAMILTON, J.

A writ of certiorari brings here for review an order of public use and necessity. The order was entered in an eminent domain proceeding initiated by the city of Seattle as a result of its acquisition of an interest in the monorail system constructed in connection with the Century 21 Exposition of 1962.

The background facts can be briefly stated. In 1961, the city of Seattle, by appropriate action, authorized...

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