Murray v. Knapp

The plaintiff is the owner of an island in the Delaware river, at-Big Eddy. It appears'that at this point of the river, the current is of such a nature that it is difficult for rafts to pass down, unless they are pulled out of the eddy. The best, if not the only, means of doing this is, the carrying of ropes from the plaintiff’s island to the rafts. The plaintiff and his predecessors have made this a business, and in so doing have been accustomed to go on the plaintiff’s island, for this purpose. An injunction was granted restraining the defendants from going on the plaintiff’s island and…