Ledoux v. Joncas

A dam in the Mississippi river at Brainerd holds a large volume of water known as Bice lake. This water has been .used extensively for logging operations by the Brainerd Lumber Company having a sawmill and mill pond on the west side of the lake. Other lumber companies drove logs through the lake to points south of Brainerd. Parker-Kellogg Lumber Company purchased from the Braijnerd Lumber Company all their sunken logs in Rice lake, and procured from the Rum River Boom Company the right to enter the river and reclaim sunken logs from Little Falls to Cohasset which included Rice lake. J. A.…