St. Louis Dalles Improvement Co. v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff brought this action in the district court for St. Louis county to recover tolls to the amount of $17,000. The action was tried in Bamsey county, before Vilas, J., who ordered a dismissal at the close of plaintiff’s case. After his decease a motion for a new trial was made before Kelly, J., and was denied, and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtDickinson, J.
In June, 1888, the defendant owned a very large quantity of saw-logs, which had been floated down the St. Louis river and within the booms of the Knife Falls Boom Corporation, above Knife Falls, where the defendant intended to retain them to be manufactured into lumber. By reason of a great freshet and an extraordinary high stage of water in the river, the logs were swept out of the boom, and down the stream, to and through that part of the river where the plaintiff had made improvements to overcome the natural obstacles to the floating of logs. The plaintiff claims the right to charge tolls…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Osborne v. Knife Falls Boom Corp.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1884
- Osborne v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- Chesley v. De GraffSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1886
3Cited by3 opinions
- St. Louis River Dalles Improvement Co. v. C. N. Nelson Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Beverstock v. Board of EducationOhio Supreme Court · 1906
- Patten v. Aluminum Castings Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1921