Wakeham v. Township of St. Clair

This action is brought to recover for injuries occasioned by reason of an alleged defective highway.

From St. Olair to Port Huron the highway is laid along the west bank of the St. Clair river. Near where the injury occurred a creek empties into the river, and for a distance of from 30 to 40 rods on either, side of this creek the road-way had been built up with logs and earth. To protect this portion of the highway from the action of the water,' the township had constructed a breakwater, from 2 to 3 feet high, for some 60 or 80 rods along the river. The breakwater was formed by first laying a…