State ex rel. Denny v. Bridges

*45The opinion of the court was delivered by

Reaves, J.

Plaintiff applied to the board of state land commissioners to lease from the state the harbor area in front of certain tide lands of the city of Seattle owned by him. The uses for which he sought to lease the harbor area were as follows:

“For the purpose of receiving by rail and water, shipping by rail and water, fish and other food products of the water, curing and canning cod, salmon and other fish and water products; of keeping and maintaining a retail and wholesale fish market for the handling of shell and other fish from the waters of the…