City of Seattle v. Atwood

Citations

• 59 Wash. 112
• 109 P. 326
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1142

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Damages—Measure—Improvements—Removal to Contiguous Lots. In proceedings to condemn a specified lot on which there was located a building, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7777, providing that if a building is damaged so that it cannot be readjusted to the premises, the measure of damages for its condemnation shall be its fair market value, damages are not authorized for readjustment of the building to another contiguous lot which was a separate unit, put to a distinct use, and which was not taken or damaged.</p> <p>Same — Damages—To Contiguous Property. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7775, does not authorize an owner in condemnation proceedings to claim damages to a lot contiguous to the lot taken, where the lots were separate and appropriated to distinct uses.</p>