Hays v. Callvert

Mount, J. —

Original application for writ of mandamus to compel the board of state land commissioners to appraise certain tide lands. The petition alleges, in substance, that on August 3, 1895, the state of Washington, by its duly authorized agent, the commissioner of *139public lands, entered into a contract with W. F. Hays and Frank Shay, pursuant to the act of March 9, 1893, (p. 241) entitled, “An act prescribing the ways in which waterways for the uses of navigation may be excavated by private contract, providing for liens upon tide and shore lands belonging to the state, granting…