Decker v. State

— Theplaintiff is the owner of the west half of the southwest quarter, of section five, township thirty-five, north, of range five, E. W. M., in Skagit county. The property on the south adjoins property of the state upon which are located the buildings of the Northern Hospital for the insane. On the north, plaintiff’s property is bounded by property belonging1 to the state upon which is located a reservoir from which the water supply for the hospital grounds and buildings is obtained.

In 1911, plaintiff’s predecessor in interest granted to the state a right of way over the property ten feet…