West Coast Improvement Co. v. Winsor

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, J.

— Respondent brought an action to restrain the appellants from driving piles upon a certain part of the tide lands in front of the city of Ballard. The complaint alleges, among other things, that respondent was the owner of the upland in front of which such portion of the tide land was situated. The appellants, in their answer, denied such ownership,.and set up the fact that they were in possession, with such improvements as were contemplated by the tide land act of 1890 (Laws, p. 431), at the date of its passage; and, as such improvers, were…