French v. Connecticut River Lumber Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for damages alleged to have been occasioned to the plaintiff by the wrongful acts of the defendant in obstructing the Connecticut River at the plaintiff’s landing place on said river. Writ dated February 5, 1883. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Barker, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $406.67; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtW. Allen, J.
The plaintiff owned and kept a public house and grounds on the summit of Mt. Holyoke, and in connection therewith owned a way to the Connecticut River, and a landing *262place on the river, by which persons had access to his house from the river. The defendant floated large quantities of logs down the river. The river at the plaintiff’s landing was obstructed by sand, which was caused to be deposited there by the defendant’s boom above, and by logs which were stranded there while being floated down the river loose, and not in rafts, by the defendant.
The plaintiff contended, and the court ruled,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Haskell v. City of New BedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Brayton v. City of Fall RiverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Blackwell v. Old Colony RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Harrigan v. Connecticut River Lumber Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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