State ex rel. Kent Lumber Co. v. Superior Court

Citations

• 35 Wash. 303
• 77 P. 382
• 1904 Wash. LEXIS 450

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Municipal Cobpobations — Public Pubpose— Electbio Light Plant. Tbe city of Seattle is authorized, to exercise tbe right of eminent domain for the purposes of an electric light plant, under Bal. Code, § 739, subd. 6, authorizing cities of the first class to appropriate property for corporate purposes, and subd. 15, authorizing it to erect and maintain plants for furnishing lights to the city or its inhabitants.</p> <p>Same — Condemnation op Lands Outside City Limits. Such power may be exercised to appropriate lands outside of the city limits.</p> <p>Same — Oedinance Authobizing Condemnation. An ordinance condemning the land, providing for a proceeding in the superior court to appropriate it, and authorizing the corporation counsel to conduct the proceedings, is sufficient to confer authority upon the city to maintain the action.</p>