Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Mason County Power Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1918No. 14325PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Certiorari to review a judgment of the superior court for Mason county, Mitchell, J., entered July 10, 1917, dismissing proceedings to condemn land for an electric power plant.
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition por Rehearing.
2Per curiam
On petition for rehearing herein, the relator, conceding the correctness of all other matter in the opinion filed on January 16, 1918, 99 Wash. 496, 169 Pac. 994, hut referring to the remark:
“We find no other statute in the laws of this state permitting either a corporation or a private individual to acquire state lands or any rights therein for the same purposes as those involved herein,”
*292calls attention now to § 4, chapter 117, Laws of 1917, p. 447, as follows:
“The beneficial nse ,of water is hereby declared to be a public use, and any person may exercise the right…
3Cases cited4 opinions
- Seattle & Montana Railway Co. v. StateWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- State ex rel. Wauconda Investment Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1904
- State ex rel. Mason County Power Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1918
4Cited by3 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Polson Logging Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1941
- State Ex Rel. King County v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1949
- City of Tacoma v. Mason County Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1922