McGilvra v. Ross
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington.' Actions in equity to‘restrain the defendants, as officers of the state of Washington, from platting, selling, and offering for sale, and contracting for the sale of, any of the shore lands of Dake Washington and Lake Union, in said state, lying in front of the lands owned by complainants, and described in their respective bills of complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The controversy in these two cases relates to the rights of the complainants, as alleged riparian owners, with respect to certain lands on the shores of Lakes Washington and Union, in the state of Washington, lying in front of lands owned by the complainants. In the court below demurrers were interposed to the bills of complaint on the grounds that they did not state facts sufficient to entitle plaintiffs to the relief prayed for and that the court was without jurisdiction of the parties or the subject-matter. The court sustained the demurrers and dismissed the bills for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Packer v. BirdSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Defiance Water Co. v. DefianceSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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