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PORT OF SEATTLE v. OREGON & W.R.R.

No. 107.

255 U.S. 56 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 237

65 L.Ed. 500

PORT OF SEATTLE v. OREGON & WASHINGTON RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 31, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leander T. Turner, with whom Mr. Harold Preston and Mr. O.B. Thorgrimson were on the briefs, for appellant.

Mr. W.H. Bogle, with whom Mr. F.T. Merritt and Mr. Lawrence Bogle were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The main question in this case is whether the Oregon & Washington Railroad Company acquired, as owner of land adjoining East Waterway in the Port of Seattle, the right to build in the waterway piers, wharves and other structures over which it would secure access from its land to the navigable channel. The question arises in a suit to quiet the title of the State which was brought against the Railroad in...

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