Drainage District No. 6 v. Snohomish River Boom Co.

The appellant is organized under the drainage district law for the purpose of draining certain property on the Ehey slough, which is a navigable branch of the Snohomish river; and has constructed a dike along the slough bank. The respondent is organized as a boom company for the purpose of rafting, driving and booming logs; and on the Sno-homish river, about a quarter of a mile above the entrance to Ebey slough, has maintained for more than twenty years a sheer boom for the purpose of diverting the logs coming downstream through the slough to its booming grounds below the slough’s mouth. The…