Whenever any school district shall select any real estate as a site for a schoolhouse, or as additional grounds to an existing schoolhouse site, within the district, and the board of school directors of such district and the owner or owners of the site or any part thereof, or addition thereto selected, shall be unable to agree upon the compensation to be paid by such school district to the owner or owners thereof, such school district shall have the right to take and acquire title to such real estate for use as a schoolhouse site or additional site, upon first paying to the owner or owners thereof therefor the value thereof, to be ascertained in the manner hereinafter provided.
RCW 8.16.010
Condemnation authorized for schoolhouse sites.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 53 Wash. 2d 55 - State Ex Rel. Tacoma School District No. 10 v. Stojack (1958)
Most recently applied in 53 Wash. 2d 55 - State Ex Rel. Tacoma School District No. 10 v. Stojack (October 1958)
1909 p 372 s 1; 1903 c 111 s 1; RRS s 906.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.