State ex rel. Olding v. Stampfly

On December 1, 1891, one John Clifton entered into a contract with the state of Washington for the purchase of the southwest quarter of section 16, in township 18, north, of range 19, east of the Willamette Meridian, agreeing to pay therefor the sum of $3,600, in ten annual installments of $360 each, with interest on the deferred payments at the rate of six per centum per annum. The lands are riparian, so to speak, to a perennial stream, known as “Nanum Creek,” which stream when left in its natural state flows over and across the lands in a well defined channel. Clifton settled on the lands…