State ex rel. Stimson Mill Co. v. Board of Harbor Line Commissioners
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from, Superior Court, King County. Application for a writ of prohibition on the relation of the Stimson Mill Company against the board of harbor line commissioners to prevent their locating harbor lines in and about Salmon Bay. From a judgment overruling a demurrer to the affidavit upon which the application for the alternative writ was made, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of tbe court was delivered by
Hoyt, J. —
The more important questions presented by this record are the same as those decided by this court in the case of Harbor Line Commissioners v. State, 2 Wash. 530 (27 Pac. Rep. 550). They are of such importance to the welfare of the state that, notwithstanding that fact we should be willing to re-examine them had not said case been appealed to the supreme court of the United States, where a speedy and final determination thereof will be had; but as such is the case, a further discussion of said questions here would be of little value. We shall,…
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