Best v. City of Chehalis

Citations

• 82 Wash. 601
• 144 P. 918
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1566

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Streets — Improvement — Original Grade — Bights oe Abutters. In tbe absence of negligence, tbe city is not liable to abutting owners for tbe removal of lateral support in making tbe original grade of a dedicated street wholly witbin tbe limits of tbe street; and since tbe dedication implies tbe right to make an original grade, Const., art. 1, § 16, prohibiting tbe taking or damaging of property for public use without just compensation has no application.</p>