Lewis County v. McGeorge
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lewis •county, Rice, J., entered June 28, 1907, upon findings in .favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to appropriate and condemn a right of way for a ditch for drainage purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
Between the 24th day of October, 1890, and the 15th day of June, 1895, the respondent, Lewis County, •caused to be constructed and completed what is locally known .as the Whittaker Lowry Ditch, with the exception of a certain lateral and the acquisition of the right of way, under the provisions of the act of March 19, 1890, entitled, “An act to provide for the construction, repairing and protection of ■drains and ditches for agricultural, sanitary and domestic purposes, and to provide for the organization of drainage dis*415tricts, and declaring an emergency.” Laws of 1890, p. 652. The act of…
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