Wardell v. Commercial Waterway District No. 1

Citations

• 80 Wash. 495
• 141 P. 1045
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1341

Syllabus

<p>Navigable Waters—Lands Under Water-—-Conveyances—-Construction. After the title to the hed of a tidal stream has passed from the state into private ownership, a conveyance by an upland proprietor, describing the land as hounded by such stream, and making no reservation of the portion covered by water, passes title to the grantor’s interests as far as the grantor owns under the waters of such stream.</p> <p>Vendor and Purchaser—Bona Fide Purchaser—Rights. The rights of a subsequent purchaser deraigning title from a prior grant- or and claiming under intermediate conveyances are measured by the language used in the deeds, and not controlled by facts and circumstances surrounding the conveyance passing from such prior grantor to his grantees.</p>