Fidalgo Island Canning Co. v. Womer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mount, J.

Lying to* the! east from Lopez Island, in San Juan county, several poound net fish traps* are located in the waters of Puget Sound, nearly on a line, as follows: Ho. 1850, owned by Carlisle Canning Co.; Ho*. 2565, owned by appellant Prank Womer, and Ho. 1766, owned by Lummi Island Pishing Co. To the northward of these traps is located Ho*. 29, owned by respondents. The relative locations of these traps are* shown by the following diagram:

The flood tides upon which the fish run in these waters approach these traps from the southeast, and run in…