Wheeler v. Rendsland

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing an action for damages for placing a barrier across an alleged county road.

The Tahuya River flows in a southwesterly direction across the lands of appellant and respondents in Mason county. A public highway known as Northshore road runs in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction. In 1928 ten freeholders in the vicinity, including respondents’ predecessor in interest, signed a petition to establish a county road along the river and signed waivers for damages. October 15, 1928, the county commissioners, after a hearing called for that purpose,…