Bannse v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity.' Suit by John Bannse and wife against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. Case transferred for trial to a jury.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This suit is brought, charging the defendant with having diverted the waters of the Skookumchuck river from their natural channel, causing the overflow of and damage to plaintiffs’ land; further, with having encroached upon plaintiffs’ lands with its tracks, the embankment upon which they were placed, and the riprapping protecting the same from the waters of such stream. The prayer of the complaint is for a mandatory injunction, directing the restoration of the waters of the river to their natural channel, an injunction against its further diversion, decree compelling…
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