YAKIMA COUNTY v. EVANS

No. 24199-8-III.

143 P.3d 891 (2006)

YAKIMA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Washington, Respondent, v. William G. and Jeannette M. Evans, husband and wife; Evans Rattlesnake Ranch, Inc. a Washington corporation; Rattlesnake Orchards, a limited partnership, Appellants, Barbara Chaffee Severyn, (also known as Barbara Fette); Sunnyside Ranch Company, Inc., a Washington corporation; Interstate Production Credit Association, a corporation organized under the law of the United States; the Sunnyside Company, a partnership; Michael B. Ilg, d/b/a Investors Lending Group; Pacificorp, d/b/a Pacific Power and Light Company, a Washington corporation; Roza Irrigation District, a Municipal corporation; Ilene Thompson, Yakima County Treasurer, as tax assessment collection agent for Yakima County, Weed Control District and Soil Conservation District, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

October 5, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Moore, Jr., Velikanje Moore & Shore, PS, Yakima, WA, for Appellants.

Kenneth W. Harper, Menke Jackson Beyer Elofson Ehli, Yakima, WA, for Respondents.


KULIK, J.

¶ 1 This is an eminent domain case. William and Jeannette Evans (the Evanses) own property in Yakima County. In 1999, the Board of Yakima County Commissioners (County) authorized improvements to Chaffee Road that impacted the Evanses' property. The County mailed notice of a public meeting to the Evanses, and held the meeting on the planned improvements. In 2003, the County expanded the project and changed two intersections from "T" intersections to...

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