Domrese v. City of Roslyn

Citations

• 101 Wash. 372
• 172 P. 243
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 824

Syllabus

<p>Limitation of Actions—-Damaging Property for Public Use— Wrongful Diversion of Water by City—Action on Implied Contract. The riparian owner’s continuing right to take water lawfully appropriated being a right so far incident to the land as to be a part of the land itself, a right of action against a city for' wrongfully diverting the water for public purposes without making compensation is an action on an implied contract or liability, within Rem. Code, § 159, subd. 3, limiting the same to three years from the time when the right of action accrued.</p>