Town of Ilwaco v. Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

The appellant is a city of the fourth class, organized pursuant to the laws of this state. The respondent is a domestic corporation engaged in operating a line of steamships between Ilwaco in this state and Astoria in the state of Oregon, and a railway line between Ilwaco and Sealand in Pacific county, and has been so engaged since 1887. In that year respondent constructed its railway and built a wharf in Baker’s Bay in front of the appellant town, connecting it with the shore by a trestle on which it built a walk and roadway for passengers…