Port of Willapa Harbor V.Nelson Crab & Oyster Co.

This action was instituted by plaintiff to collect wharf charges from the defendant. The case was tried to the court, sitting without a jury. At the conclusion of the trial, the court made its findings of fact and conclusions of law and, based thereon, entered judgment in favor of plaintiff. Defendant appeals and assigns error of the trial court in granting judgment against defendant and the failure to dismiss the complaint.

The case was submitted upon an agreed statement of facts, the pertinent portions of which may be sum marized as follows: The port of Willapa Harbor is a port district, the…