Everett Water Co. v. Powers
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of thei superior court for Snohomish county, Denney, J., entered January 17, 1908, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to enjoin interference with plaintiff’s diversion of the waters of a stream.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This suit involves a right of way for a water pipe line, over which the respondent company desires to convey water for the use of the inhabitants of the city of Everett, and, also, the right to divert water for that purpose. The issues and history leading up to the controversy, substantially stated, are as follows: The complaint avers that, in the year 1891, Henry Hewitt, in behalf of a syndicate of New York capitalists, conceived the plan of establishing a townsite at and near' the mouth of the Snohomish river; that in furtherance of the project, in the spring of said year, he purchased five…
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