Skagit County v. McLean

Citations

• 20 Wash. 92
• 54 P. 781
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 470

Syllabus

<p>DRAINAGE — CONDEMNATION — EVIDENC E — JUDGMENT,</p> <p>Evidence in an action to condemn a right of way for a drainage ditch, that the ditch, after its construction, was extended, and thus caused greater damage to the owners of the land sought to be condemned, is inadmissible, where the alleged extension was constructed under a different petition, and condemnation of the right of way therefor is not sought in the action at bar.</p> <p>A judgment condemning a right of way for a ditch for drainage purposes should provide that unless the damages assessed be paid within a reasonable time fixed by the court, the right to appropriate shall be thereafter forfeited.</p>