Williams Fishing Co. v. Savidge

This action was brought by the plaintiff to restrain the defendant, the state commissioner of public lands, from leasing certain tide lands, owned by the state, and situated at or near the mouth of the Columbia river. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment dismissing the action, from which the plaintiff appeals.

There has been a prior trial of the action, and a prior appeal. In the Departmental opinion (152 Wash. 165, 277 Pac. 459) on that appeal, the facts will be found more fully stated. After the opinion of the Department was filed, a rehearing was…