State ex rel. Harbor Boom Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

• 65 Wash. 129
• 117 P. 755
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 903

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Property Subject — Previous Public Use— Title in Trustee. One boom company cannot condemn tbe lands previously' devoted to a public use and necessary to another boom company, to be used for the same purposes, in the same locality, and in. the same manner as they are already being used in .competition with the relator; and it is immaterial that the record title to the land is in a trustee for the company, where such company is in the actual possession of the property and devoting it to the public use.</p>