Watts v. Tittabawassee Boom Co.

Plaintiffs during the years 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 and 1878 were engaged in manufacturing and transporting square oak timber to market. The lumber was obtained in Gladwin county on one of the tributaries of the Tittabawassee river, and the latter was used by them in running the timber down to the Saginaw during each of those years. It was a navigable stream for floating rafts, logs and timber from Edenville to its mouth.. The defendant is a corporation ; was organized in 1864, and during the years above mentioned was engaged in the business of running, driving, booming, rafting and delivering…