Pound v. Turck
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the. Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Wisconsin. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered the opinion of the court..
This suit, brought by Turck and Borland, assignees' in bankruptcy of French, Leonard, & Co., is founded upon allegations that the bankrupts, being lumbermen engaged in that business on the Chippewa River,-in Wisconsin, were seriously damaged' by the delay of a raft of lumber, shingles, and pickets, in said river, and by the breaking of the raft; all of which was attributable to obstructions placed in said river by Pound, Halbert, & Co., . the plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below. The defendants pleaded the general issue, and a verdict was rendered…
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