Hamp v. Pend Oreille County

Citations

• 102 Wash. 184

Syllabus

<p>Highways—Establishment—Prescription—Trails. The adverse use of a trail hy travelers on foot and horseback and hy pack trains and “go-devils,” consisting of two poles dragged hy horses, for the transportation of goods, for over thirty years, constitutes the samé a highway hy prescription, although the same was not used hy wheeled vehicles.</p> <p>Same—-Establishment by Prescription—Width. A highway hy prescriptive use of a trail hy travelers on foot and horseback is not limited to the actual path traveled, twenty-four inches or less, hut may be fixed at twelve feet, where such width is reasonably necessary for the public easement, required for passing as well as traveling in one direction.</p>