Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Sikes
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Reidsville — Judge Morgan. August 31, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
Sikes and others brought suit against the Seaboard Air-Line Railway to recover damages resulting to them from the erection of a bridge across the Canoochee river. They allege that the Canoochee river is a navigable stream which the public has the right to use as a highway, and that the river has been in fact used by the public for the purpose of drifting and floating lumber, timber, and logs to market so long that “the memory of man runneth not to the contrary;” and they assert that the public has 'therefore acquired a right by prescription to such use of the river. The Seaboard Air-Line…
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