State ex rel. Abbott v. Ross
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court December 20, 1910, for a writ of prohibition directed to the commissioner of public lands, to prevent the hearing of an application to cancel a sale of tide lands.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The legislature of the state of Washington, by an act approved March 2, 1895, provided for the sale of certain tide lands, then denominated tide lands of the third' class, for the purposes of oyster culture. The act limited the quantity of land that could be sold to a single purchaser to-one hundred acres, fixed the purchase price thereof at the rate-of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and required the-applicant to accompany his application with a sworn statement to the effect that the lands sought to be purchased' would be used for oyster planting purposes only. The act also…
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