Strunz v. Spokane County

Citations

• 67 Wash. 235
• 121 P. 75
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 1155

Syllabus

<p>Highways — Establishment—Powers of County and Townships —Jurisdiction. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 9368, enlarging tbe powers of township officers over highways in the township and providing that nothing in the act .shall affect the rights of counties over roads in which the county generally is interested, etc., does not affect the jurisdiction of the county over a county road wholly within the township sought to be established by the county commissioners, under Id., §§ 5623 to 5656; the township not being forced to aid in its construction.</p> <p>Highways — Establishment—Appeal—Review on Appeal. Landowners cannot object to the confirmation of the establishment of a county road because of insufficiency of the county’s tender of compensation for land to be taken, which, under Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 5634, 5635, is not final, the statute providing that, if such tender is not accepted by the landowners, condemnation proceedings must be instituted for the purpose of fixing the damages.</p>