Hunter v. Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Union : Robert Eakin, Judge. Action by M. C. Hunter against the Grande Ronde Lumber Company. From a judgment in favor of.plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wolverton
The plaintiff is the owner of certain lands through which the Grande Ronde River, a natural watercourse, flows, and she charges by her complaint that defendant well knew the character and capacity of said river for floating logs, and that their transportation therein required great care and skill to prevent them from being carried upon the adjoining lands, but that, notwithstanding such knowledge, it did, on or about February, 1898, wrongfully and negligently place in such river a greater number of logs than could be floated thereby, and did also wrongfully and carelessly fail, neglect, and…
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- Thunder Bay River Booming Co. v. SpeechlyMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Field v. Apple River Log Driving Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- Haines v. HallOregon Supreme Court · 1888
- White River Log & Booming Co. v. NelsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
- Witheral v. Muskegon Booming Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1888
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