context: P34 The County's interest in the strip of land, whether an easement or a determinable fee, cannot exceed the interest granted to it by the documents of conveyance. The Railroad or its successors in interest thus retain either a possessory interest encumbered by a servitude or a possibility of reverter, respectively. A statute which acts to destroy that interest would constitute the taking of a property interest without just compensation.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 107 Wn.2d 444, 457
citation_a.parenthetical: concluding that the plaintiffs held rever-sionary interests in land over which an easement was granted, requiring the payment of just compensation before the land could be acquired by the county
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Wash. Const. art. I, § 16; see Nollan v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n, 483 U.S. 825, 831-32, 107 S. Ct. 3141, 97 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1987) (concluding that a statutory scheme requiring property owners to make an easement across their property available to the public on a permanent basis constitutes a taking); see also Lawson v. State, 107 Wn.2d 444, 457, 730 P.2d 1308 (1986) (concluding that the plaintiffs held rever-sionary interests in land over which an easement was granted, requiring the payment of just compensation before the land could be acquired by the county).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 483 U.S. 825, 831-32
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding that a statutory scheme requiring property owners to make an easement across their property available to the public on a permanent basis constitutes a taking
citation_b.sentence: Cf. Wash. Const. art. I, § 16; see Nollan v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n, 483 U.S. 825, 831-32, 107 S. Ct. 3141, 97 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1987) (concluding that a statutory scheme requiring property owners to make an easement across their property available to the public on a permanent basis constitutes a taking); see also Lawson v. State, 107 Wn.2d 444, 457, 730 P.2d 1308 (1986) (concluding that the plaintiffs held rever-sionary interests in land over which an easement was granted, requiring the payment of just compensation before the land could be acquired by the county).