Muir v. Johnson

Citations

• 49 Wash. 66
• 94 P. 899
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 527

Syllabus

<p>Navigable Waters — Obstructions—Right to Injunction — Riparian or Littoral Rights — “Shore Lands” — Preference Rights. A littoral owner on the shore oí a navigable lake cannot, by virtue of bis riparian or littoral rights, maintain an action for an injunction against the maintainance of piling, boat houses, and permanent fixtures in front of his land, since the state is the owner of the bed of the lake; nor can such action be maintained by -virtue of his preference right to purchase “shore lands,” where the state has not .established harbor lines, and the fixtures are maintained below the line of low water mark, it not appearing whether in water of sufficient depth for ordinary navigation.</p>