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· 12/15/1914

Schuss v. City of Chehalis

Citations

  • 82 Wash. 595
  • 144 P. 916

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Coepobations — Steeets — Improvement — Obiginal Gbade — Right of Abutters. In the absence of negligence, the city is not liable to abutting owners for the removal of lateral support in making the original grade of a dedicated street wholly within the limits of the street; and since the dedication implies the right to make an original grade, Const., art. 1, § 16, prohibiting the taking or damaging of property for public use without just compensation has no application.</p>

Judges: Gose

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