Kitsap County v. Melker

Citations

• 52 Wash. 49
• 100 P. 150
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1072

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Proceedings — Costs — Immunity of Landowner — Costs on Appeal. Const, art. 1, § 16, providing that private property shall not be taken or damaged without just compensation having been first made or paid into court, prevents the taxation of costs in condemnation proceedings against the landowner only in the lower court, and does not exempt him from the costs of his appeal to the supreme court, when, under Bal. Code, § 5643, he fails to recover a greater amount of damages on the appeal.</p>