St. Martin v. Skamania Boom Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Ska-mania county, McKenney, J., entered February 13, 1913, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action for an injunction, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The plaintiffs, as owners and tenants in common of certain lands in Skamania county, brought this action to secure a permanent injunction restraining the defendant from interfering with the natural flow of the waters of Wind river across those lands. The plaintiffs claim title as the widow and heirs at law of the original homesteader, Isadore St. Martin, who died intestate in 1910. On the land in question, is a valuable mineral spring of hot water, which flows from the ground within a few feet of the edge of the waters of Wind river at its ordinary stage. This spring has an established…
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