Legal Opinion

Okanogan County v. Cheetham

Washington Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1905No. 5405PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Martin, J., entered May 24, 1904, dismissing an action to establish a highway and enjoin obstruction thereof, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

1Opinion of the CourtKoot, J.

This action was brought by the county of Okanogan and its board of commissioners against respondent, to have a certain “strip of land sixty feet in width . . . adjudged and decreed to be vested in the general public, and in plaintiffs for the use and benefit of the general public, as a public highway and wagon road,” and to enjoin respondent from in any manner interfering with or obstructing said highway, and to abate certain fences erected by respondent across said right of way, and to perpetually enjoin her from setting up or claiming any right, title, or interest in and to any of said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wisconsin Central Railroad v. Price CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
  3. Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. v. Kansas Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Smith v. MitchellWashington Supreme Court · 1899
  5. Wells v. Pennington CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1891

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  2. Roediger v. CullenWashington Supreme Court · 1946
  3. Lindsay Land & Live Stock Co. v. ChurnosUtah Supreme Court · 1929
  4. Lovelace v. HightowerNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1946
  5. Hatch Bros. v. BlackWyoming Supreme Court · 1917

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