Levy v. City of Seattle

Citations

• 61 Wash. 540
• 112 P. 639
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1117

Syllabus

<p>Pleading — Issues and Proof — Demurrer—Effect. The sustaining of a demurrer to affirmative defenses does not entitle the plaintiff to judgment on the pleadings where other issues are presented by denials in the answer.</p> <p>Municipal Corporations — Improvements—Assessment fob Benefits — Eminent Domain — Verdict of. no Damages — Effect. Where proceedings to condemn land for the purpose of widening a street are conducted separately from a proceeding to regrade the same, a general verdict that the remainder of abutting lots were damaged one dollar by the taking more than they were benefited, and sustained no damage by reason of the regrade, does not exempt the lots from an assessment for benefits for the regrade, the implication being rather that the property would be benefited thereby,</p>