Heuston v. City of Tacoma

Citations

• 67 Wash. 92
• 120 P. 872
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1124

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations —■ Streets — Abandonment — Vacation. The condemnation and improvement of a new street, covering part of, and to take the place of, an old street, the use of which as a street has since been abandoned by the city, and which formerly gave the only access to plaintiff’s abutting property, does not constitute a vacation of the old street so as to vest title to the old street in the plaintiff; in view of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7840 et seq., providing the manner in which street vacations may be obtained by persons owning an interest in abutting property, as the same provides an exclusive remedy, without which the council has no power to vacate streets.</p>