Scholpp v. Forrest

*641The opinion of the court was delivered by

Anders, J.

On October 27, 1894, the state, by its duly authorized agent, the commissioner of public lands, with the approval of the governor, entered into a contract with Eugene Semple, under and in pursuance of an act of the legislature of the state of Washington, approved March 9, 1893, entitled, “An act prescribing the ways in which waterways for the uses of navigation may be excavated by private contract, providing for liens upon tide and shore lands belonging to the state, granting rights-of-way across lands belonging to the state,” (Laws 1893, p.…