Spinning v. Pugh

Citations

• 65 Wash. 490
• 118 P. 635
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 958

Syllabus

<p>Dedication — Plats—Boundaries. A dedicated addition did not extend to a river bank, where, betwe'en the line of ordinary high water and the nearest surveyed blocks, the lines of which were staked on the ground in accordance with exact dimensions, there intervenes a strip of land varying in width from eight to one hundred and fifty feet; and if the plat included the strip by reason of dedication, of “all” of the government subdivision, such fact would not dedicate or donate the strip to the public or to the purchasers of the contiguous blocks.</p> <p>•Waters and Wateb Courses — -Riparian' Owners — Accretions. Accretions added by tbe alluvion of a stre.am belong to -the owner of tbe contiguous bank of tbe stream.</p> <p>Adverse Possession- — -Duration. There can be no title by adverse possession where tbe claimants bad no color of title and their possession bad its inception less than five years pribr to tbe commencement of tbe action.</p>