Lownsdale v. Gray's Harbor Boom Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, C. J.

The plaintiff in this action was the purchaser from the state of Washington of certain lands described in the complaint. The Humptulips river runs through a portion of the land, and extending back from the river, and also upon the land, is a slough of considerable dimension, being about four hundred and ninety feet in width and an average depth of ten feet. At this point in the river, as well as in the slough already mentioned, the tide ebbs and flows. The slough is not meandered. The evidence at the trial established conclusively, and it *543i…