Globe Mill Co. v. Bellingham Bay Improvement Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

In the year 1889 the Globe Mill Company constructed a saw mill upon tide lands in front of the city of New Whatcom. When the surveys made by the tide land appraisers were completed, and the streets extended by the *459city were noted on the plat, it was found that the mill was located upon block 200, its actual situation being on the south side of the block. This block, and each of the other blocks upon the plat, covered an area of 270 by 440 feet. The streets were each 80 feet wide. The mill occupied a space of about 50 by 280 feet, a portion of…