State ex rel. Bussell v. Abraham

Citations

• 61 Wash. 601
• 112 P. 671
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1128

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law — Due Process — Waterway District — Statutes — Validity. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8166 et seq., providing for the creation of commercial waterway districts, at the expense of the property benefited, is void in that it directs an assessment to be made on the lands benefited, but no person or board is authorized to make the assessment, and no provision is made for an assessment roll or equalization of the same, and the owners are given no notice or opportunity to be heard; and the provisions therein for a jury to assess the damages for land taken cannot be construed as authorizing the jury to assess the benefits.</p>