Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. O'Meara

Citations

• 4 Wash. 17
• 29 P. 835
• 1892 Wash. LEXIS 166

Syllabus

<p>CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS — LIMITATION 03? APPEALr-SPECIAII. STATUTE — REPEAL BY IMPLICATION.</p> <p>Section 9 of the act of March 21, 1890 (Laws 1889-90, p; 300), providing that either party “may” appeal from the judgment for damages entered in condemnation proceedings within thirty days, must. be construed to mean that the appeal “must” be prosecuted within, that period.</p> <p>The provision of the act of March 21, 1890, regulating appeals in condemnation proceedings, being a special enactment, it is not repealed by the general statute of 1891 (Laws 1891, ch. 146, l 2) provid- • ing that in civil actions and proceedings appeals- shall be prosecuted, within six months after judgment'.</p>