Floyd County v. Allen

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Reversing.

This suit was instituted by Floyd county against T. J. Allen, J. W. Hatcher, J. B. Hatcher, J. C. Cole and Clin*533ton Crane, the latter hs Cole & Crane, for damages to a bridge across Beaver Creek, caused by the maintenance on the part of the defendants of a boom in the river at that point.

It was charged the defendants jointly owned and operated the boom without right or authority and that enormous quantities of logs were allowed to congregate in said creek. This caused the water to be diverted from its regular channel and resulted in undermining a pier…