State ex rel. Burke v. Board of Commissioners
Citations
- 58 Wash. 511
- 109 P. 350
- 1910 Wash. LEXIS 965
Syllabus
<p>Canals—Establishment—Special Assessments—Statutes—Construction—Intent op Federal Government. The resolutions and acts of Congress appropriating money to pay the cost of making investigations and preliminary surveys for the construction of the “Lake Washington Canal”, upon the state’s securing a right of way therefor for the benefit of the United States (which was done), with the proviso that nothing therein contained shall be construed as an adoption of the project, did not manifest any intention on the part of the United States to construct or operate the canal within a reasonable time, or at all, within the meaning of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8148, authorizing local assessments by the county commissioners upon the property specially benefited for the purpose of paying the cost, in whole or in part, of constructing the Lake Washington Canal, “whenever the government of the United States is intending or proposing the construction or operation” of such canal (Gose, Crow, and Fullerton, JJ., dissenting).</p>
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- holding that insurer had no duty to defend where holder of homeowner’s policy admitted during claim investigation that he rented out portion of property where fire started
- explaining that insurers must defend claims that could \potentially\ be covered
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Judges: Chadwick, Crow, Dunbar, Fullerton, Gose, Mount, Parker, Rudkin
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