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Eminent domain -- Washington (State) -- Seattle

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew N. Apostle, a single man; Constance G. Apostle, a single woman; Selma M. Black, a widow; Frances D. Brewster, a widow; Wiliam E. Cowling and F. Virginia Cowling, his wife; Donald M. Finrow and Betty Ann Finrow, his wife; William Charles Houston and Martha L. Houston, his wife; William F. Kelly and Camilla D. Kelly, his wife; P.D. Luster and Gertrude Luster, his wife; Arthur S. Martin and Lucille K. Martin, his wife; Earl Moneymaker and Laura Vernice Moneymaker, his wife; Reed Munson, a widower; Clara E. Myers, a widow; Harold W. Peterson, Executor of the Estate of Christian W. Peterson, deceased; Frank Richardson and Bell E. Richardson, his wife; Edward J. Ripley and Esther F. Ripley, his wife; Theodore E. riggs and Marie Riggs, his wife; Oscar M. Thomas and Rose O. Thomas, his wife; Clarence E. Torrence and Margaret G. Torrence, his wife; Harry E. Willard and Florence Willard, his wife, vs. City of Seattle, 1965

 File — Box 116, Folder: 13
Dates: 1965
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

Andrew N. Apostle, a single man; Constance G. Apostle, a single woman; Selma M. Black, a widow; Frances D. Brewster, a widow; Wiliam E. Cowling and F. Virginia Cowling, his wife; Donald M. Finrow and Betty Ann Finrow, his wife; William Charles Houston and Martha L. Houston, his wife; William F. Kelly and Camilla D. Kelly, his wife; P.D. Luster and Gertrude Luster, his wife; Arthur S. Martin and Lucille K. Martin, his wife; Earl Moneymaker and Laura Vernice Moneymaker, his wife; Reed Munson, a widower; Clara E. Myers, a widow; Harold W. Peterson, Executor of the Estate of Christian W. Peterson, deceased; Frank Richardson and Bell E. Richardson, his wife; Edward J. Ripley and Esther F. Ripley, his wife; Theodore E. Riggs and Marie Riggs, his wife; Oscar M. Thomas and Rose O. Thomas, his wife; Clarence E. Torrence and Margaret G. Torrence, his wife; Harry E. Willard and Florence Willard, his wife, vs. City of Seattle, 1966

 File — Box 117, Folder: 5
Dates: 1966
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

Carstens & Earles, Inc., a Corporation, Respondent, vs. John G. Smith, et al., Defendants. The City of Seattle, A Municipal Corporation, and J. B. Coughlin, Appellants. , 1915

 File — Box 28, Folder: 1
Dates: 1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners Condemnation Case Files

 Series
Identifier: 9326-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, statements of cost, petitions, ordinances, maps, and judgements on verdicts relating to property condemned by the City for municipal use. Also includes list of assessment rolls filed 1908-1927. Files are arranged numerically from 1-377 and chronologically thereafter.

Dates: 1907-1950
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners Correspondence

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 9326-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, certificates, deeds, petitions, and newspaper clippings relating to the Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners work in condemnation cases. Arranged alphabetically with case correspondence at the front.

Dates: 1895-1920
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

E. J. Strelau, Frank Atwood, Clise Investment Company, a corporation, W. L. Childs, Geneferet O. Childs, his wife, J. A. Hall and F. M. Hall, his wife, T. N. Haller, Charlotte Haller McKee, Phinney Realty & Investment Company, a corporation, Josephine Atwood, Sharples Investment Company, a corporation, Mary Schrader, Jesse Jessen and Mathilda Jessen, his wife, Soren Krough, John Wiebert and Jane Doe Wiebert, his wife, and S. D. King, Plaintiffs and Appellants, vs. City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, R. H. Foster, J. W. Frerich and Otway Pardee, constituting the Board of Eminent Domain Commissioners of the City of Seattle. Defendants and Respondents. , 1915

 File — Box 28, Folder: 4
Dates: 1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

George LaFray vs. The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation of the first class, W.C. Thomas and H.L. Collier, 1942

 File — Box 87, Folder: 3
Dates: 1942
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In re Fifth Ave West R. D. Hill et ux, Appellants, 1914 - 1915

 File — Box 27, Folder: 11
Dates: 1914-1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In re Northlake Avenue, under Ordinance No. 33626; Margaret Wayland, et al., Appellants, vs. The City of Seattle, Respondent., 1917

 File — Box 33, Folder: 1
Dates: 1917
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In Re Shilshole Avenue, et al., 1918

 File — Box 37, Folder: 1
Dates: 1918
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In Re Shilshole Avenue, et al. , 1915-1916

 File — Box 29, Folder: 1
Dates: 1915-1916
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In Re Shilshole Avenue under Ordinance No. 29834, 1918

 File — Box 37, Folder: 2
Dates: 1918
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In Re Shilshole Avenue, under Ordinance No. 30389. Bolcom Mills, Inc., et al., respondents. vs. The City of Seattle, Appellant., 1918

 File — Box 37, Folder: 3
Dates: 1918
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In re Shilshole Avenue, under Ordinance No. 30389. Bolcom Mills, INC., et al., Respondents. vs. the City of Seattle, Appellant., 1917

 File — Box 32, Folder: 1
Dates: 1917
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the mater of the petition of The City of Seattle to condemn, take, use and damage private property for the construction and maintenance of an overhead viaduct and bridge on the south side of YESLER WAY from the westerly margin of First Avenue South to the easterly margin of Railroad Avenue, and thence over and across Railroad Avenue to the westerly margin thereof, and providing for the establishimg of grades of said viaduct and bridge, all in The City of Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 34994., 1916

 File — Box 30, Folder: 6
Dates: 1916
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of petition of The city of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, take and damage lands and other property necessary for the grading and regrading of Queen Anne Boulevard as established by Ordinance No. 16790, of the city of Seattle, and approaches thereto, and for the construction of all necessary slopes for cuts and fills upon property abutting upon said boulevard and approaches thereto, and to change from commercial use to park, drive and boulevard uses, all of said Queen Anne Boulevard, all in City of Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 26253, Petitioner and Respondent, vs. L.H. Wheeler, et ux., Defendants and Appellants. , 1913-1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 8
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the petition of the city of Seattle condemn private property for the laying off, opening, widening, extending and establishing of Leary Avenue in the City of Seattle, and changing and establishing the grades and grading and regrading thereof, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 21303 of said City, approved July 2, 1909. The City of Seattle, Peition,er Appellant, vs. H.W. Treat, et al., Respondents. , 1913-1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 11
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle for the laying off, widening, extending, and establishing of Meadow Place, University Boulevard, and East Seventieth Street according to Ordinance No. 15924 os said City, approved May 6, 1907 , 1909

 File — Box 18, Folder: 11
Dates: 1909
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to acquire land and other property in Block 5, Sturtevant's Rainier Beach Villa Tracts, for playground purposes, as provided in Ordinance 86042, 1958

 File — Box 108, Folder: 6
Dates: 1958
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to acquire land and other property in the vicinity of Fauntleroy Avenue and W. Brandon Street in Section 23, Township 24 North, Range 3, East W.M., and in Wilbur's Addition, for an extension of the existing Fairmount Playground, as provided in Ordinance No. 86443, Malcolm S. McLeod and Natalie McLeod, his wife, 1959

 File — Box 110, Folder: 13
Dates: 1959
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate and damage private property for laying off, extending widening, altering and other streets, all in the city of and establishing West Wait Street Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 29062. , 1915-1916

 File — Box 29, Volume: 3
Dates: 1915-1916
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate and damage private property for the extending of Fifth Avenue West and West Dravus Street, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 25451 of said City. , 1914-1915

 File — Box 27, Folder: 12
Dates: 1914-1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

IN THE MATTER of the Petition of the CITY OF SEATTLE to condemn, appropriate and damage private property, for the laying off, extending and establishing of WESTERN AVENUE from West Denny Way to Elliott Avenue, and QUEEN ANNE AVENUE from West Denny Way to Western Avenue and for the changing and establishing of the grades and grading and re-grading of WESTERN AVENUE and WESTERN AVENUE extended to and approaches thereto, from Eagle Street to Elliott; of WEST DENNY WAY, from Western Avenue to First Avenue North; of QUEEN ANNE AVENUE from West Denny Way to West John Street; of WEST JOHN STREET from Western Avenue as extended to Queen Anne Avenue; of FIRST AVENUE WEST from West Thomas Street to Western Avenue as extended, and connecting alleys, all in the CITY OF SEATTLE, as provided for and specified in ORDINANCE NO. 23040 of said City, approved January 18th, 1910., 1916

 File — Box 30, Folder: 3
Dates: 1916
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate and damage private property for the laying off, widening, extending, altering and establishing of West Wheeler Street and other Streets, Avenues and Way, all in the City of Seattle, and for the changing and establishing of the grades and grading and regarding of said West Wheeler Street and other Streets, Avenues, Way, Alleys and Approaches thereto, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 23041, of said City, approved January 18, 1910. City of Seattle, Appellant, vs. R. V. Ankeny, Respondent. , 1915

 File — Box 28, Folder: 3
Dates: 1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate and damage private property for the laying off, widening, extending, altering and establishing of West Wheeler Street and other streets, avenues and way, all in the city of Seattle, and for the changing and establishing of the grades and grading and regrading of said West Wheeler Street and other streets, avenues, way, alleys and approaches thereto, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 23041 of said City, approved January 18, 1910. , 1913 - 1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 5
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, take and damage lands and other property necessary for the grading and regrading of Queen Anne boulevard as established by Ordinance No. 16790, of the City of Seattle, and approaches thereto, and for the construction of all necessary slopes for cuts and fills upon property abutting upon said boulevard and approaches thereto, and to change from commercial use to park, drive and boulevard uses all of said Queen Anne Boulevard, all in the city of Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 26253, vs. F.W. Wald , 1913-1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 7
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, take and damage lands and other property necessary for the grading and regrading of Queen Anne Boulevard as established by Ordinance No. 16790, of the city of Seattle, and approaches thereto, and for the construction of all necessary slopes for cuts and fills upon property abutting upon said boulevard and approaches thereto, and to change from commercial use to park, drive and boulevard uses all of said Queen Anne Boulevard, all in the city of Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No 26253, vs. W.E. Hopkins and Saraha R. Hopkins, 1913-1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 6
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle, to condemn, appropriate, take and damage, private property for the Laying Off of Ninth Avenue, etc., and Ninth Avenue North, etc., under Ordinance No. 26592, Respondent, vs. A. D. Durhan, F. J. Wood, James O'Leary, Eva J. Vernon, Matilda Nist, M. J. Nist, John A. Bush, James Bothwell, J. N. Hardy, Mary Hardy, Clarence H. Gray, J.D. Bowley, and Mrs. J. D. Bowley, his wife, Carl Hamburger, John H. Wilhelm, Thomas F. Colbert, Elizabeth Cunningham, Patrick Cunningham, C.E.E. Johnson, and Emma Johnson, his wife and Gertrude E. Jackson, Appellants. , 1914-1915

 File — Box 27, Folder: 8
Dates: 1914-1915
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, take and damage private property for the laying off, opening, extending and establishing of a public street and highway to be known as West Marginal Way; and for the changing and establishing of the grades and grading and regrading of said way and approaches thereto, all in the City of Seattle, as provided in Ordinance No. 38205 of said City. City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, Respondent, vs. Annie Abrahamson, Appellant., 1919

 File — Box 40, Folder: 7
Dates: 1919
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the Matter of the Petition of the City of Seattle to condemn, appropriate, take and damage private property for the laying off, opening, extending and establishing of an alley in Blocks 14, 17 and 22, Eden's Addition No. Two; Blocks 85 and 86, Lake Union Shore Lands; Block 4, Adelle's Second Addition; Block 4, Union Lake Suppl. Addition and a portion of Govt. Lot 1, in Section 30, Township 25 N., Range 4 East W.M., in the City of Seattle, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 32451 of said city. Washington Refining Company, a corporation, Appellant, vs. The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation, Respondent., 1919

 File — Box 38, Folder: 6
Dates: 1919
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

In the matter of the petition of The city of Seattle to condemn private property for the layering off, opening, widening, extending and establishing of Leary Avenue, in the city of Seattle, and changing and establishing the grades, and grading and regrading thereof, as provided for and specified in Ordinance No. 21303 of said city, approved July 2, 1909. , 1913-1914

 File — Box 26, Folder: 10
Dates: 1913-1914
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

King County, a legal subdivision of the State of Washington vs. City of Seattle, City of Tacoma, Northern Pacific Railway Company, Unknown Claimants and Owners, 1966

 File — Box 117, Folder: 4
Dates: 1966
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

Condemnation Records

 Series — Box 0
Identifier: 2608-02
Scope and Contents note

Project plans, property descriptions, condemnation ordinances, judgements and awards of compensation documenting the condemnation of private property by the City for public works projects. Includes drawings of improvements and some files include photographs. Arranged by condemnation ordinance. Folders link to associated legislation. The number of the Resolution, Clerk/Comptroller, Council Bill or Ordinance number can be entered as a search term, if known.

Dates: 1888-1978
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives

State of Washington on the relation of Peter Kuehl and Ella V. Kuehl, his wife, vs. City of Seattle, a municipal corporation; H.L. Collier as Treasurer thereof, and Harry W. Carroll, as Comptroller thereof, 1937

 File — Box 81, Folder: 10
Dates: 1937
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation vs. Anna Fender and Robert W. Cramlet and Madeline A. Cramlet, husband and wife, 1950 - 1952

 File — Box 97, Folder: 3
Dates: 1950 - 1952
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

The City of Seattle, a municipal corporation vs. Anna Fender and Robert W. Cramlet and Madeline A. Cramlet, husband and wife, 1952 - 1953

 File — Box 100, Folder: 1
Dates: 1952 - 1953
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

The City of Seattle vs. The County of King, a political subdivision of the State of Washington; and M.J.R. Williams, King County Treasurer , 1966

 File — Box 117, Folder: 6
Dates: 1966
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

W.H. Marks, Respondent, vs. The City of Seattle, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant. , 1915-1916

 File — Box 29, Volume: 2
Dates: 1915-1916
Found in: Seattle Municipal Archives / Supreme Court Briefs

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