Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Co. v. Seattle Dock Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Tallman, L, entered October 14, 1903, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff after a trial upon the merits before the court without a jury, foreclosing the lien of a waterway company for its improvement of tide lands.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought by respondents to foreclose certain liens on tide lands in the city of Seattle. The liens arose under the provisions of chapter 99 of the laws of 1893, page 241 (Bal. Code, §§ 4080-4089), entitled, “An act prescribing the ways in which waterways for the uses of navigation may be excavated by private contract, providing for liens upon tide and shore lands belonging to the state, granting rights-of-way across lands belonging to the state.”
The complaint contains five causes of action, each cause being based upon a lien upon a separate tract of land. The complaint alleges,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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