Kalama Electric Light & Power Co. v. Kalama Driving Co.

Citations

• 48 Wash. 612
• 94 P. 469
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 929

Syllabus

<p>Waters and Water Courses — Riparian Rights — Injunctions— Navigable Waters — Rights oe Driving Company — Artificial Freshets. A riparian owner has the right to the natural flow of a stream through its lands for the purpose of creating power for its electric light plant, and may enjoin a log driving company from retarding the flow, to the injury of such owners, for the purpose of creating artificial freshets for the driving of logs down a stream which is not navigable for the floatage of logs at certain stages without such artificial means; the driving company having acquired no right to such use by condemnation proceedings.</p>