Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-10
an IMPORTANT DECISION



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,'N We -''r'''tn power trc~ilug IN
'ht''hi 100 lhiIihu'ut could take
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l'' '~'' ,i''" ANY lltht~ th'r't". IN
eve j. cone ''"h l" h' 'l' p"W'f
' l.'"'!n'ht ny nearly All "l the
''''''- I''n Those winch have taken
we ''f''' ti'''hd against the d"'
."' '' y" case 'h"," 'it'd have
'''"l'''l sue ~ '' 70" lh' rue. N"i'
''' A''''''"' '' ' n'''''ii"r I.htl~hi'
we Inning "llhl"h' - y y
80" - w hllr '"hc'dlng TINS, thcN
-'N l'i''h" h' l''- ihl~ power. because
' o. ma W'il'h ana can lrglsIat" ~ It
l''@'7 lhl- u Uu'. but why l. It
''' ~lh'lIN ''' a'I'r 10 It = 'iu'"d
"'l u" '"''f'lIh l""'r
Va my "lnWuu. thu same power
vested "a parliament aud KING IN Eng
land - here vested In the people who
are lullN - mu'h ~'t'rcirn her" a.
parliament hn' King are there. Here
lh" people "i state ~" absolutely
sovereign. except IS controlled 10y the
constitution "i the I nitcd states
Nud ! d" not think that II can hc sue.
''rsiullt '"ut'ud'd that the powers ui
lh' people "i the states have been
ihu- fu'f"ll'd ~ {" thc question here
iu'"l'ed an unable To- find any
'lhusr at thccuu-tilutiun OF the 'nitcd
state Looking t"~,ch control, and ~ !
rad tie decisions of the L. :. 81.
it'mo court u has expressly decided
ihi ~" ~iHt"s are Iu uowi>c controlled
40 ihi- matter netting within their
-N'nign power Is above recognized,
the people 90 tlu stat, an forming
constitution, saw iii 10 assert the
htl' "i the state Co the lands IN qucs-
ton, aud having done So. they are the
only power that can interfere with
su'h titlr
Hat It - sad that while such asser-
tom IT titlris made in the constitu-
ii"n. It is 80 made subject To- vested
tirht- "i the riparian owners to hc as
s'ttrd "a thc courts. am of the
opinion that tins vested night cannot
10" held T. be- such ~ - incident To- the
riparian owner. simply a. such. but
must BE- held Ia apply only Ia some
SPECIAL night held hv such owner hv
~, ui improvements made under cx
lf's~ ~ implied license from the rem
t's'uihti,c Of the sovereign power
T. l"ld that the former was intended
would practically destroy the title IF
the state. and would therefore he in
consistent with the assertion of such
title. whlc the latter construction
will give fore, to every word and make
the rrn,i-ion IN its entirety a con-
-i-t"nt one. when the people saw
that they assert the States title. II
must he held "a mean the entire and
exclusive title Oi course the rights
"l the state. rs above stated are sub
pet to the paramount right of the
United states Ia regulate commerce
aud navigation. ~ to which | shall
saN word later on.
The doctrine 81 the ease Of Eilen-
bach ". Hatfield. above cited, must
obtain aud under IL the rights Of the
parties hereto must be- determined I,
viii thus lc seen that the petitioner
has uo nights a. the land in controversy
and Ut the most the only Vested right
lac has - ~ the wharf constructed
thereon. Aud for the purpose Of this
ease ! stall assume Uhough we do
not uut ttlV tnnt uIp.ttpul That tho