Strong v. Saunders
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of assumpsjt brought to obtain compensation for the use of certain range lights placed on the St. Clair flats by defendant in error to aid vessels in navigating the channel. The declaration was on the common counts. Defendant plead the general issue.The facts, together with the exceptions taken to the rulings of the court below, are stated in the opinion.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of assumpsjt brought to obtain compensation for the use of certain range lights placed on the St. Clair flats by defendant in error to aid vessels in navigating the channel. The declaration was on the common counts. Defendant plead the general issue.The facts, together with the exceptions taken to the rulings of the court below, are stated in the opinion. Judgment was rendered for plaintiff in the court below, and the case comes up for review as to the correctness of the rulings. 1. The first and second assignments of error can be considered together…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
The plaintiff below had for some years kept a set of range lights and stakes on the St. Clair Flats, to aid vessels in navigating the channel at night, for which he received no pay from government, but relied upon such compensation as he was able to obtain from the owners of vessels navigating the channel, and others interested in the navigation.
All the evidence tended to show that the lights were a great benefit to the navigation, and that without them it was imprudent and dangerous for vessels, and especially for tugs, towing vessels, to pass the channel across the flats at…
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