Bellaire v. Worcester Lumber Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Houghton; Streeter, J. Case by Joseph Bellaire against the Worcester Lumber Company for damages to plaintiff’s lands. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, C. J.
Plaintiff recovered from defendant a verdict and judgment in the circuit court of Houghton county in the sum of $1,057 for damages claimed to have been done his land by' defendant while' driving logs down Sturgeon river in the spring of 1908.
The Sturgeon river is a well-known logging stream of the upper peninsula of Michigan; large quantities of forest products having been cut on its shores and tributaries, and driven down it each spring in the time of high water for many years. It is admittedly a navigable stream for such purposes.
Plaintiff is a farmer, owning and occupying a farm of 80…
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