State v. Scott
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Claypool, J., entered July 27, 1914, upon findings in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action to quiet title, and for an injunction, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This is an action by the state of Washington to recover possession of, and quiet title to, a portion of the bed of Puget Sound, commonly known and referred to in the record as the “pothole,” and to enjoin the defendants from trespassing thereon. The defendants admit that the state, upon its admission into the Union, acquired title to the pothole by virtue of § 1, art. 17 of the state constitution, whereby the state asserted title to the beds and shores of all navigable waters within its boundaries. They contend, however, that the state conveyed the pothole to them by certain deeds of…
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