Strandholm v. Barbey

Our disposition of the assignments of error will be better understood if we precede our decision with a brief resume of the testimony. Sand Island, which is located near the mouth of the Colum bia river, is a low, narrow, uninhabited body of sandy soil about three miles long east and west. Adjoining it on the north are the waters of Bakers bay; to the south is the main channel of the Columbia river. For a further description of the island, its past use and its ownership, we employ the following taken from Columbia River Packers Assn. v. United States, 29 Fed. (2d) 91:

“Sand Island is within…