Hanson Industries, Inc. v. Spokane County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that right-of-way deed conveying strip of land over and across grantor’s lands conveyed easement
• holding that contract ambiguity should be construed against the successor- in-interest to the drafter
• holding that deeds that “convey strips of land for the purpose of a railroad ‘over and across’ the grantors’ lands” conveyed an easement that terminated when Burlington Northern abandoned its line
• recognizing that ambiguities must be construed against railroad because it drafted deed
• “Washington decisions have consistently interpreted deeds granting a strip of land for a railroad right-of-way as conveying an easement, even in the face of traditional factors signifying a fee.”
• “A railroad right-of-way is a very substantial thing. More than a mere right of passage and more than an ordinary easement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Newport Yacht Basin v. Supreme Northwest
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-05-07· cited 63×
• Newport Yacht Basin Ass'n of Condominium Owners v. Supreme Northwest, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-05-07· cited 59×
• Ray v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-03-15· cited 22×
• Haggart v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-12-18· cited 21×
• Beres v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2012-04-05· cited 14×
• Kershaw Sunnyside Ranches, Inc. v. Yakima Interurban Lines Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-05-25· cited 6×
• Beres v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2010-04-12· cited 6×
• Beres v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2011-04-07· cited 6×
• Schroeder v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2005-06-23· cited 5×
• Peters v. Amazon Services LLC
  W.D. Washington· 2013-11-05· cited 4×
• Swaby v. Northern Hills Regional Railroad Authority
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2009-07-08· cited 2×
• Swaby v. NORTHERN HILLS REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTH.
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2009-07-08
• Hanson Industries, Inc. v. COUNTY OF SPOKAGE
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-12-05
• Blendu v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2007-11-30

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lawson v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-12-24· cited 100×
• Abercrombie v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1905-06-10· cited 82×
• Harris v. Ski Park Farms, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-02-11· cited 75×
• Veach v. Culp
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-09-06· cited 75×
• Brown v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-10-17· cited 56×
• Ross, Inc. v. Legler
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1964-06-12· cited 53×
• Roeder Co. v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 51×
• Schnabel v. County of Du Page
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1981-11-12· cited 49×
• Zobrist v. Culp
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-05-07· cited 45×
• Swan v. O'LEARY
  Washington Supreme Court· 1950-12-07· cited 45×
• Guy Stickney, Inc. v. Underwood
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-01-20· cited 42×
• Rouse v. Glascam Builders, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-11· cited 42×
• King County v. Rasmussen
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-08-09· cited 41×
• King County v. Squire Investment Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1991-01-18· cited 40×
• Neitzel v. Spokane International Railway Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1911-09-14· cited 31×
• Roeder Co. v. K & E Moving & Storage Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-05-30· cited 19×
• Scott v. Wallitner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1956-06-21· cited 18×
• Zobrist v. Culp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1977-10-12· cited 15×
• Tacoma Mill Co. v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-01-11· cited 15×
• Neal v. Green
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-04-06· cited 11×