Bowes v. City of Aberdeen
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis ■county, Sheeks, J., entered December 29, 1909, dismissing an action to enjoin a city from the prosecution of a public improvement, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
The city of Aberdeen, a rapidly growing city of approximately twenty thousand inhabitants, is situated on the Chehalis river at or near its junction with Grays Harbor, an inlet of the sea. Bordering the stream there is a wide flat or tidal marsh, intersected by sloughs, through which the tide and flood waters and storm drainage from the hills have been accustomed to flow. At certain times of the year and upon certain tides, the water stands over the whole flat to a depth of from three to four feet, while at all times the ground water stands a few inches beneath the surface of the sloughs. The…
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