Keystone Wood Co. v. Susquehanna Boom Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
At Law. Action by the Keystone Wood Company against the Susquehanna Boom Company. On demurrer to plaintiff’s statement.
1Opinion of the Court
WITHER, District Judge.
The plaintiff by action of trespass is endeavoring to recover damage from defendant for a continued Hooding of land of which it has since become the owner in fee. It appears from the statement of claim that the defendant company, having been incorporated by an act of assembly approved March 26, 1846 (P. E. 190), and supplements, was authorized to erect and maintain on the West branch of the river Susquehanna, between Williamsport and the Quineshehocque creek, such boom or booms, with piers, as may be necessary for the purpose of stopping and securing logs, masts, spars,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Monongahela Bridge Co. v. Pittsburg & Birmingham Traction Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- Irvine v. Lumbermen's BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- Township of Burlington v. BeasleySupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Lessee of Frost v. Frostburg Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1861
- Jessup v. LoucksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Keystone Wood Co. v. Susquehanna Boom Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1917