Legal Opinion

Winsor v. Hanson

Washington Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1905No. 5685PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Mason county, Linn, J., entered July 8, 1904, .upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, enjoining the removal of a boom across a stream, and dismissing a cross-complaint for an injunction restraining the obstruction of the stream.

1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.

The plaintiff is an owner of a tract of land in Mason county, in this state. The defendant is the owner of a tract of land adjoining the land of the plaintiff on the north. A certain stream, called “Dry Bed,” flows in a southerly direction, immediately east oi the land owned by the defendant, and through the land owned by the plaintiff. The stream is practically dry during the summer months, but during the rainy season it flows a large volume of water, and brings down considerable quantities of drift wood, which forms in jams and spreads out over the adjacent lands. Some time prior to the…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. Ferry v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Humphrey v. KrutzWashington Supreme Court · 1913
  3. Boise Development Co. v. Idaho Trust & Savings Bank, Ltd.Idaho Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Wiley v. City of AberdeenWashington Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Hastie v. JenkinsWashington Supreme Court · 1909

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