Watson v. County Commissioners
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Adams county, Neal, J., entered March 1, 1904, upon findings in favor of the defendants,, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, dismissing- an action to enjoin the opening‘of a highway across plaintiffs’ land.
1Per curiam
The defendants were about to open up a public highway over certain lands owned by the plaintiffs, in Adams county, and the plaintiffs instituted this action to enjoin them from so doing. The existence of a public highway across the land in controversy is the sole question at issue. The court below found that the highway in question, particularly describing it, had been used openly, notoriously, continuously, and adversely for more than ten years, and entered a decree establishing the highway, and dismissing the action. The plaintiffs appeal.
It is the settled law of this state that a public…
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