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

Citations

• 68 Wash. 397
• 123 P. 529
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1301

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Condemnation for Railroad Purposes — Statutes — Construction. The power conferred hy Rem. & Bal. Code, § 8740, authorizing a railway company to condemn lands for depots, yards, terminals, etc., is a continuing power, not exhausted by its exercise in the first instance, and may be resorted to to change the location of the depot; hence it is unnecessary, in condemning for a connection between a main line and new terminals in a city, that there be a resolution of the board of directors in any particular form, as required by Id., §§ 8662 and 8668, relating to the construction of branch lines, those sections being inapplicable.</p> <p>Eminent Domain — Condemnation for Railroad Purposes — Necessity — Evidence—Sufficiency. There is a sufiicient showing of reasonable necessity for the condemnation of land for a new depot and terminal grounds, where it appears that the company’s present depot is more than one mile from the business center of the city and inconvenient to patrons, that the present site is inadequate in size, and without sufficient trackage facilities to meet present necessities.</p>