Muir v. Johnson
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered July 5, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, granting an injunction to compel the removal of obstructions placed upon a navigable lake and to restrain the placing and maintaining of the same thereon.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent is the owner of lot 1, in block 74, of Burke’s Second Addition to the city of Seattle. This block is bounded on the east side by the waters of Lake Washington, or, to speak more accurately, by the meander line run by the government surveyors to mark the line between the waters of the lake and the upland.
The appellant as early as 1889 built a boathouse immediately to the north of lot 1, in block 74, in a street called Jackson street. As originally constructed the boathouse lay partly on the shore and partly over the water, and was wholly within the street. Later on, from time to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eisenbach v. HatfieldWashington Supreme Court · 1891
- Ferry v. County of KingWashington Supreme Court · 1891
- Van Siclen v. MuirWashington Supreme Court · 1907
- West Coast Improvement Co. v. WinsorWashington Supreme Court · 1894
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