Snohomish County v. Hayward

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Snohomish county rendered in an action brought for the collection of taxes under the revenue law of 1893, and involves the constitutionality of ch. 2, title 21, of the General Statutes, which is a chapter in relation to public dikes and dams. Section A 929 provides that when five or more owners of lands adjoining and contiguous, subject to overflow from tide water or river freshet, shall petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which such lands are situate, setting…