Sauntry v. Laird, Norton Co.

This is an action to recover $8,209.47, alleged to he dne to the plaintiff for tolls in aiding in the driving of 41,047,380 feet of white pine saw logs, owned by the defendants jointly, by waters collected in his two dams across the St. Croix river, at the place described, during the several years of 1891,1892, 1893,1894, and 1895; each year constituting a separate cause of action. The defendants answered the several causes of action alleged, and at the close of the trial the court found, in effect, that after the enactment of ch. Ill, Laws of 1891, to wit, May 11,1891, the plaintiff acquired…