Distler v. Grays Harbor & Puget Sound Railway Co.

Citations

• 76 Wash. 391
• 136 P. 364
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1826

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Damages—Compensation—Time op Accrual. Under the constitutional provision that no private property shall be taken for public use without damages being first ascertained and paid, the damages to abutting property from the construction of a railroad in the street, in a proceeding tried as a condemnation case, must be ascertained as of the time of the trial; since, in contemplation of law, there can be no taking until damages have been ascertained and paid.</p>