State v. Herdlick

Citations

• 73 Wash. 301
• 131 P. 1139
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1597

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Compensation—Payment by City — Collection of Assessments — Completion of Appropriation. Where a city has condemned land to be paid for by special assessments, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 7817, providing that if it desires to take possession it may advance the compensation awarded, and has not abandoned the proceedings within the time limited by § 7816, giving the city two months within which to discontinue the proceedings, the-property owner is entitled to receive a warrant in satisfaction of' the compensation awarded-without waiting for the collection of the assessments, although the city has not taken possession of the property; since the appropriation is complete when the time for abandonment has expired.</p>