Innis v. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern Railway Co.

— The act complained of is the erection and maintenance of a railroad bridge over a body of *166water known as Medium lake. Plaintiff alleged that said lake is a public, navigable water, and that the bridge maintained by defendants is an obstruction to the free use thereof for purposes of navigation. On the hearing in this court a number of questions were elaborately argued by counsel, but we have found it necessary to consider the single question whether, conceding the navigable character of the lake, and that the bridge is an obstruction, plaintiff has such interest as will enable him to…