Susquehanna Boom Co. v. Finney
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: to January Term 1868, No. 197. This was an action of replevin issued July 15th 1864, by A. C. - Einney against the Susquehanna Boom Company.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming county: to January Term 1868, No. 197. This was an action of replevin issued July 15th 1864, by A. C. - Einney against the Susquehanna Boom Company. The prcecipe was as follows:— “Issue writ of replevin for three hundred and twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty feet of white pine saw logs, more or less, marked or stamped ‘ E,’ on the end or ends of each log, of the value of fifteen dollars per thousand feet, the property of A. C. Einney, which has been seized and unjustly detained by the said Susquehanna Boom Company.” The sheriff…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered May 9th 1868, by
Agnew, J.
This action of replevin has peculiar features. It was brought against the Susquehanna Boom Company, and this is the first thing to be noticed. It is an incorporated company, authorized to erect and maintain in the West Branch of the Susquehanna an artificial barrier, called a boom, composed of piers and timbers, to intercept and secure the floating logs and lumber driven down the stream. Its duty is to keep guard by day and night, so that no lumber shall escape; to raft all logs and lumber out of the boom securely and faithfully,…
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