City of Bremerton v. Bremer

Citations

• 73 Wash. 565
• 132 P. 240
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1637

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — By City — Streets. A city has the right to condemn a street as an approach to a wharf which it was contemplating building on land it had acquired below the line of extreme low tide.</p> <p>Appeal — Review—Harmless Error — Evidence. It is not reversible error to permit a witness to give his opinion of the value of lands, based upon what he had been told were the rental values, where it was elsewhere proved that the rental values were within his estimates.</p> <p>Evidence — Opinion Evidence — Values. It is not reversible error to refuse to strike the testimony of a witness as to the value of land, which on cross:examination it appeared was based upon what he was willing to pay for it, where the witness had qualified as an expert and given his estimates on direct examination.</p> <p>Eminent Domain — Instructions. In a proceeding to condemn a street, it is not error to inform the jury as to the purpose for which the city desired the street.</p>