White v. Codd

The plaintiff isi the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land, in Whitman county, through which flows the North Palouse river. Said river is navigable and a public highway for the purpose of driving and floating logs and timber products. The defendant, for about twenty-, six years last past, has been engaged in conducting logging operations on said river. The complaint charges that,

“For six years last past, to wit: for the years 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, and 1903, the said defendant was and *15now is engaged in the logging business above said land, upon land lying on and near…