Nearhoff v. Department of Public Works

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court confirming an order of the department of public works regulating rates and service of a ferry operated over a body of water which forms the boundary line between two counties. The appellant, W. Nearhoff, operates a ferry across Saratoga Passage, between Columbia Beach on Whidby Island in Island county and Mukilteo in Snohomish county, a distance of approximately three miles. Saratoga Passage is an arm of Puget Sound and forms the boundary between these two counties. The appellant operates under a license from Island county alone.

The…