Clark v. Lake St. Clair & New Up-River Ice Co.

Clark was sued in trespass for tearing down tbe ice-house of the defendant in error, and justified the act as done in the abatement of a nuisance to a public highway, in which he alleged the erection to be an unlawful obstruction. The suit was brought in December, 1870, and the trespass was committed shortly previous.

The first error assigned relates to the admission of testimony of the value of storing six hundred tons of ice in’ the building, that having been shown to be its storage capacity.

We do not see any error in this. Tbe building was put up for no other purpose than, holding ice, and…