Seattle Operating Co. v. Cavanaugh

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

The appellant, a corporation, brought an action of unlawful detainer under the act of March 27, 1890, to recover rent for, and possession of, a tract of land in the city of Seattle upon the tide flats in front of that city. The premises in controversy, up to the time of the fire in 1889, had been occupied and used by the Columbia & Puget Sound Kailroad Company, a corporation, which had theretofore wharfed over a portion of the tide flats which was occupied by its tracks, and other portions were used by it in connection with a saw mill, for…