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MICHEL v. CITY OF SEATTLE

No. 82073-7-I consolidated with No. 82074-5-I.

498 P.3d 522 (2021)

Paul MICHEL and Ann Michel, husband and wife; John W. Merriam and Brenda K. Walker, husband and wife, Respondents, v. CITY OF SEATTLE, a Washington municipality, d/b/a Seattle City Light, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED November 8, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Carl Eberle , Stephen Richard Karbowski , Seattle City Attorney's Office, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2050, Seattle, WA, 98104-7095, for Appellant.

Matthew Rick Cleverley , Fidelity National Law Group, 701 5th Ave. Ste. 2710, Seattle, WA, 98104-7054, Stephen P. Vanderhoef , Jonathan David Tebbs , Cairncross & Hempelmann PS, 524 2nd Ave. Ste. 500, Seattle, WA, 98104-2323, Howard Mark Goodfriend , Smith Goodfriend PS, 1619 8th Ave. N, Seattle, WA, 98109-3007, G. Michael Zeno Jr. , Law Office of G. Michael Zeno, Jr., P.S., 135 Lake St. S Ste. 257, Kirkland, WA, 98033-6435, for Respondents.

Megan Christine Clark , Etter McMahon Lamberson Van Wert & Oresk, 618 W Riverside Ave. Ste. 210, Spokane, WA, 99201-5048, Bob C. Sterbank , Attorney at Law, P.O. Box 987, Snoqualmie, WA, 98065-0987, Duncan Mcgehee Greene , Van Ness Feldman LLP, 1191 2nd Ave. Ste. 1800, Seattle, WA, 98101-2996, for Amicus Curiae Wa State Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Daniel J. Frohlich , Dickson Frohlich PS, 1200 E D St., Tacoma, WA, 98421-1710, for Other Parties.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 When the legislature enacted RCW 7.28.090, it shielded municipal "lands held for any public purpose" against being taken by adverse possession. The common law rule of nullum tempus occurrit regi (no time runs against the king) shields only those lands used in a governmental...

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