Wood v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Robert W. Wood and another, against • Robert O. Fowler and three others, to restrain defendants from cutting and removing any ice that may be formed upon the surface of the Kansas river within certain described boundaries. Trial at the April Term, 1881, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs bring the case here.
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Error from, Wyandotte District Court. Action brought by Robert W. Wood and another, against • Robert O. Fowler and three others, to restrain defendants from cutting and removing any ice that may be formed upon the surface of the Kansas river within certain described boundaries. Trial at the April Term, 1881, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. The plaintiffs bring the case here. The opinion states the facts. 1. Matthias Splitlog, as the owner of the land described in the petition, owned the waters of the river to the middle of the main channel, (Angelí on Watercourses,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This is a petition for an injunction. A demurrer thereto was sustained in the district court, and the plaintiffs bring the case here for review. The petition alleges substantially that on the 20th of January, 1880, one Matthias Splitlog was the owner and had the exclusive possession of a tract of land in the neighborhood of Kansas City and Wyandotte, and bordering on the Kansas river and extending to the middle of the channel; that he then leased said tract to these plaintiffs for ten years, and placed them in the same exclusive possession;…
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