Harkoff v. Whatcom County

This action was originally instituted by John Harkoff, Jr., against Whatcom county to recover a judgment for damages arising out of injury to his property as a result of flooding by the overflow of water from a roadside ditch maintained by the county. The other respondents claiming to suffer like damage intervened. The court awarded damages and injunctive relief.

The properties of respondents are located in an area referred to as a watershed. This area commences north of the Canadian line, is several miles in width, and the drainage is southerly and southwesterly. Much of the natural drainage…