State ex rel. Great Northern Railway Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

• 68 Wash. 572
• 123 P. 996
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1333

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Subject and Titles — Matters Embraced Within Title. A provision authorizing a railroad, company to condemn property is germane to the title “An act to provide for the formation of corporations,” and does not violate the organic act which provides that every law shall embrace but one subject, to be expressed in the title.</p> <p>Eminent Domain — Property Subject — Public Use — Material eor Railroad Pill. The taking of soil to make a railroad embankment is a public use, where it appears that for twenty-two miles the railway line lias been damaged and washed away by floods, which interfered with traffic and the safety of the public, that it was necessary to raise embankments upon which the railroad is constructed, and that the land is necessary to obtain earth therefor.</p>