City of Spokane v. Gilbert
Citations
- 61 Wash. 361
- 112 P. 380
- 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1347
Syllabus
<p>Municipal Corporations —Improvements —Assessments— Benefits to Public- — Review by Courts — Power—Hearing. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7790, eminent domain commissioners, upon assessing property benefited by a municipal improvement, must determine what proportion, if any, of the total cost will be of benefit to the public, and assess such amount to the city, and the balance to the property; and under Id., §§ 7795, 7796, upon appeal, the superior court may modify the assessment and adjust the assessments between the city and the property owners, and hear evidence thereon.</p>
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- ‘We—the judicial branch of government—should not place ourselves in the position of changing the substantive law enacted by the Legislature. ...”
- “We—the judicial branch of government—should not place ourselves in the position of changing the substantive law enacted by the Legislature. . . .”
- \We-the judicial branch of government-should not place ourselves in the position of changing the substantive law enacted by the Legislature. ...\
- “We—the judicial branch of government—should not place ourselves in the position of changing the substantive law enacted by the Legislature[.]” (citing Stockstill v. State, 854 So. 2d 1017, 1022-23 (¶13) (Miss. 2003))
- “We—the judicial branch of government—should not place ourselves in the position of changing the substantive law enacted by the Legislature . . . .” (citing Stockstill v. State, 854 So. 2d 1017, 1022-23 (¶ 13) (Miss. 2003))
- “Because Section 65-1-65 requires the Department to maintain and repair the state highways, that duty – and all acts in furtherance of that duty – are ministerial unless . . . another statute makes a particular act discretionary.”
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