State ex rel. King County v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court October 2, 1918, for a writ of prohibition to the superior court for Pierce county, Chapman, J., to prohibit further proceedings in a cause.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Pursuant to chapter 54, Laws of 1913, p. 156, the counties of King and Pierce undertook the improvement of the White, Stuck and Puyallup rivers by straightening, widening, and deepening the banks and channels, to the end that recurrent damage by winter floods might be avoided in the future. The Tacoma Meat Company, of which Henry Conger is receiver, is the owner of certain lands abutting the Puyallup river in Pierce county. The receiver brought an action in Pierce county against the counties of Pierce and King to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by the wrongful, careless and…
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