Sultan Water & Power Co. v. Weyerhauser Timber Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mount, J.

— Respondent brought this action to condemn a right of way 100 feet wide for a ditch and flume across 'lots 8 and 14 in section 19, township 28 1ST., range 8 E., "W. M., in Snohomish county, Wash., and for the erection of a dam across the Sultan river at a point on lot 8. The appellant is the owner of lots 1, J, 8, and 14, and the east half of the southeast quarter of section 19, which is one body of land on the east bank of the Sultan river. It also owns large tracts of lands to the north and east of section 19. These lands are valuable for…