Port of Seattle v. Oregon & Washington Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP WASHINGTON. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brandeis
The main question in this case is whether the Oregon .& Washington Railroad Company acquired, as owner of-land adjoining East Waterway in the Port of Seattle, the right to build in the waterway piers, wharves, and other structures over which it would secure access from its-land to the navigable channel. The question arises in a suit to quiet the title of. the State which was brought against the Railroad in a state court of Washington, in 1917, by the Port, a municipal corporation, 1 created, by the laws of Washington. J. F. Duthie & Co., lessees of the Railroad’s land, were joined as…
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