If any street or alley in any city or town is vacated by the city or town council, the property within the limits so vacated shall belong to the abutting property owners, one-half to each.
RCW 35.79.040
Title to vacated street or alley.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 105 Wash. 2d 567 - Roeder Co. v. Burlington Northern, Inc. (1986)
Most recently applied in Kiely v. Graves (March 2012)
1965 c 7 s 35.79.040
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