Taylor v. Howell-Hill Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Card, J., entered December 16, 1912, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages for trespass and for an injunction.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
— The parties to this action are the owners of property abutting upon a street platted in the year 1888. The street was never opened for public use,, and has by reason of nonuser reverted to the adjoining property owners. The appellant owns and operates a shingle mill on its abutting property, and did for a long time use the property embraced within the street lines for dumping shingle bolts, a spur track from the Tacoma & Eastern railway having been laid along the street to the shingle mill and dry kiln of the appellant. Appellant so used the property as to cut off convenient ingress and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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