Trans-Canada Enterprises, Ltd. v. King County

Facts of Case

This is an appeal by King and Pierce Counties, and certain officials of those counties, from a judgment mandating that a broken dike on the White River be repaired.

The controversy between the parties in this mandamus action and the trial court's resolution of it are well set out in the findings of fact and conclusions of law entered by the trial court following a trial. They are as follows:

Findings of Fact

The Court has jurisdiction over the parties hereto and the subject matter herein.

Finding of fact No. 1.

The plaintiff, Trans-Canada Enterprises, Ltd., owns a substantial piece of…