Van Dissel v. Holland-Horr Mill Co.

Citations

• 91 Wash. 239
• 157 P. 687
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1045

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Independent Contractors — Waters and Water Courses — Reparian Rights. An upper proprietor operating a sawmill is not liable to a lower proprietor for damages through the operation of splash dams by an independent contractor delivering logs to the mill, on the theory of owing a nondelegable duty to protect the lower proprietors from improper use of the stream.</p> <p>Waters and Water Courses — Riparian Rights — Public Water Supply. The use of waters to supply the inhabitants ,of a town with water for domestic purposes is not a riparian right, and no recovery for damages to such use can be based upon rights as riparian owners.</p>