Peterson v. Arland
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Sheeks, J., entered June 18, 1918, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action in tort, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action for damages to the plaintiffs’ farm which, it is claimed, were caused by the negligence of the defendants in allowing their saw logs to form a jam and remain in the bed of the Wynooche river, backing up the water, diverting the channel against the plaintiffs’ land and eroding it. The Wynooche river is an 'unmeandered stream, not navigable for any purpose except for the floating of logs. The plaintiffs’ farm, which they have owned since 1909, comprises a tract of about 268 acres, located in the adjoining sections 28 and 88, township 18, north, Range 8, west W. M., in Chehalis…
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