Legal Opinion

Larson v. Nelson

Court of Appeals of Washington

Decided October 14, 2003No. 28464-2-IIPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHunt, C. J.

R. Terrance and Vicki A. Larson appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Stephen R. and Kathleen Ann Nelson in the Nelsons’ contempt action against the Larsons for violating an order quieting the Nelsons’ title in two of the Nelsons’ lots along Kindred Slough in Pacific County. The Larsons argue that there are issues of fact as to (1) whether Kindred Slough is a navigable “river” and (2) correspondingly, whether the line of ordinary high tide should set Nelsons’ boundary, not the meander line advanced by the Nelsons. We agree with the Larsons, reverse the summary judgment, and…

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