Burrows v. Grays Harbor Boom Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Chapman, J., entered May 19, 1906, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, enjoining the obstruction of a navigable stream and the interference of plaintiffs’ rights as riparian owners thereon.
1Opinion of the CourtDunbar, J.
This was a suit to enjoin the appellants from interfering with alleged rights of respondents as riparian owners and otherwise. The complaint is so long that space and time will permit presenting but a short summary of it. It alleged, that the plaintiffs were the owners of certain lands bordering upon the Humptulips river, in Chehalis county, Washington; that the river was about two hundred and fifty *634feet in width, navigable for the floatage of sawlogs and other timber products and for small boats; that the waters of the river opposite plaintiffs’ premises were suitable for domestic purposes;…
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