State ex rel. Bellingham Bay Improvement Co. v. Bridges

Citations

• 19 Wash. 431
• 53 P. 545
• 1898 Wash. LEXIS 404

Syllabus

<p>TIDE LANDS — CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE — EXTENSION OF TIME — CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTE.</p> <p>Laws 1897, p. 229, §§ 27, 28 (Bal. Code, §§ 2157, 2158) authorizing the extension of all contracts issued by the state “to purchasers of school or other lands,” upon payment of delinquent and accruing interest, applies to contracts for tide lands as well as to those for granted lands, since § 5 (Bal. Code, § 2134) of the same act declares that “ public lands ” and “ state lands ” shall be deemed synonymous, whenever used in the act, and that all sorts of granted lands, school lands, university lands, tide lands, shore lands and harbor areas are included in the term “ public lands.” (Gordon, J., dissents.)</p>