Neterer v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, D. F. Wright, J., entered October 13, 1916, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to quiet title, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This appeal is from a judgment of the lower court quieting in the respondents title to a portion of the waters and bed of Lake Terrell, in Whatcom county. The state has appealed.
The only question presented is whether Lake Terrell is a navigable body of water within the meaning of § 1 of article *63617 of the constitution. This lake is a lowland lake. It now covers an area of about £75 acres. In its deepest place it is four and eight-tenths feet in depth. The average depth, in the summer time, is about one and four-tenths feet, and, in ordinary high water, is from two and one-half to three feet in…
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