Jones v. St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, C. J.

It was alleged in the complaint in this action that the defendant, in constructing its bridge across the Snohomish river, so placed its piers that float wood, brought down by a freshet, lodged against them so as to entirely prevent the navigation of the river; that such river was navigable; that by reason of the jam caused by the obstruction, the plaintiff, who was the owner of a steamboat which navigated the river, was unable to take his steamboat down such river and was compelled to keep it tied up for the period of twelve daws, to his…