White River Log & Booming Co. v. Nelson

Nelson, being a riparian owner on White River, brought this action on the case for certain damages alleged to have been caused by the Booming Company. He claimed that a distinct but exactly similar injury was committed in each of the years 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876,1877 and 1878, and employed a separate count for each year. The *580only variation in the counts was in the year in which the injury was alleged to have been done, and a reference, therefore, to the first will suffice for all the others. The actionable fault imputed to the Booming Company is charged in this wise — that “ well knowing the…