Edgerton v. Huff

This is a suit brought by the appellants, who are lessees of the trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal, against the appellee, claiming the right to control and use the ice formed in that part of said canal kuown as the “ Wide-water,” to the exclusion of the ownér of the lauds through which the canal passes. It was admitted that the taking of the ice by the owner of the fee did not in anywise interfere with the “navigation of the caual, or with the use of the water for hydraulic purposes, and that no injury resulted to the tow-path of the canal, or to the use of said tow-path, by reason of the…