Metropolitan Park District v. State

This case involves the right of the State of Washington, appellant herein, to cancel a use deed granted to the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma, respondent (hereinafter referred to as the District), for the use of certain tidelands.

In 1916, the Tacoma Yacht Club acquired certain properties on Puget Sound in the city of Tacoma somewhat adjacent to the Tacoma Smelter and Point Defiance Park. The property had come into existence due to the dumping of slag into the water by the Tacoma Smelter, eventually causing the formation of a spit on the existing tidelands. The tidelands and the newly…