Funk v. Inland Power & Light Co.

In their complaint, plaintiffs alleged their ownership of a quarter section of timber land in Clark county, upon which was growing timber of the value of sixteen thousand dollars; that their land lay close to the bank of the north fork of the Lewis river, which stream constituted the only practicable means of transporting the timber to market; that the river had been meandered by the government, and had, for over twenty-five years, been used as a public highway for the purpose of transporting timber products; that there was in existence a boom and driving company holding a franchise…