Washington Supreme Court March 6, 2003, No. 72282-0 (Dahl-Smyth, Inc. v. City of Walla Walla)

Bridge, J.

This case requires us to determine how “measurable damages” should be calculated when a city annexes territory covered by the certificate of a private solid waste collection company. Former RCW 35A. 14.900 (1996) provides that when a city annexes territory, the city may allow the territory’s garbage hauler to continue to serve the territory for five years.