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DU BOIS v. KIRK

No. 240.

158 U.S. 58 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 729

39 L.Ed. 895

DU BOIS, v. KIRK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 22, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. G.A. Jenks for appellant. Mr. W.P. Jenks and Mr. T.H. Baird Patterson were with him on the brief.

Mr. Thomas W. Bakewell and Mr. William Bakewell for appellee. Mr. James K. Bakewell was with them on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Bear-trap dams are used in small streams for the purpose of creating a reservoir of water, in which logs may be collected, and over which they may be floated down the river when the dam is opened. These dams are movable, and consist of two leaves of heavy timbers, bolted together, rising and falling between two vertical sidewalls of masonry or timber...

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