Bleakley v. Lake Washington Mill Co.

Citations

• 65 Wash. 215
• 118 P. 5
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 908

Syllabus

<p>Public Lands ■ — ■ Tide Lands — Patent — Boundaries — Meander Line — Preference Risht to Purchase — Abutting Tide Lands. A patent from tbe government prior to tbe adoption of tbe state constitution passed title to tide lands included witbin tbe government meander line, where tbe line was run below bigb water mark, in view of tbe constitutional disclaimer of title to tide lands patented by tbe government, Const., art. 17, § 2; and bence tbe owner of sucb lands is entitled, regardless of tbe location of bigb water mark, to tbe preference right to purchase tide lands abutting thereon, conferred by Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6750 upon tbe owner of lands abutting or fronting upon tide or shore lands of tbe first class, to tbe exclusion of one owning tbe uplands above or abutting on bigb water mark.</p>