Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Slade Lumber Co.

Citations

• 61 Wash. 195
• 112 P. 240
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1315

Syllabus

<p>Eminent Domain — Private Property — Tide Lands — Damage — Navigable Waters — Bridges. Uplands and the abutting tide lands to deep water, purchased from the state, there being no intervening harbor area, is private property which cannot be taken- or damaged without compensation by the operation of a railroad draw bridge across navigable water authorized by Federal and state authority; and the obstruction of a wharf on such premises by the operation of the draw is not damage absque injuria, and may be enjoined (Rudkin, C. X, and Gose, X, dissenting).</p>