Eisenbach v. Hatfield
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce Comity. Suit for injunction brought by E. H. Hatfield against <0. Eisenbach, J. S. Pierce, Edward Hoare, Samuel (X Wheelwright, Hugh Glenn, Jr., Twyman O. Abbott, John Smith, John Doe, and Richard Roe.
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Appeal from Superior Court, Pierce Comity. Suit for injunction brought by E. H. Hatfield against <0. Eisenbach, J. S. Pierce, Edward Hoare, Samuel (X Wheelwright, Hugh Glenn, Jr., Twyman O. Abbott, John Smith, John Doe, and Richard Roe. After the complaint was filed, and a temporary order issued, plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which alleged, in substance, that he was the owner of certain upland bordering and abutting upon the high water mark of Puget Sound j that by reason of such ownership he was entitled to certain littoral rights in and to the shore opposite his lands, and that the…
1DissentStiles, J.
(dissenting). — The plaintiff in the superior court, the appellee here, alleged ownership of lots 15, 16 and 17, in blocks 1 and 2, in Wallace’s addition to the city of Tacoma; that his lots had a water frontage on Puget Bound, a navigable arm of the sea, for a distance of more than one hundred and fifty feet; that defendants had, about May 1, 1890, taken exclusive possession of the shore in front of his lots, including all the area between high and low water marks, and had placed certain obstructions in the way of his access to the water, and were threatening to increase the obstructions,…
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