Chelan Electric Co. v. Perry

— Respondent, the Chelan Electric Company, is a corporation engaged in converting -water. power into electric energy for public use. State ex rel. Chelan Electric Co. v. Superior Court, 142 Wash. 270, 253, Pac. 115. To that end, it. has acquired the right to raise the level of the waters of Lake Chelan approximately twenty-one feet. The appellants own a dock and some small sheds or warehouses on the lake, and the raising of the water level will inundate them and render them useless. The Federal Power Commission granted its license to raise thé waters of ' the lake, and respondent was…