Washougal River Improvement & Log Driving Co. v. Skamania Logging Co.

Citations

• 23 Wash. 89
• 62 P. 450
• 1900 Wash. LEXIS 345

Syllabus

<p>LOGS AND LOGGING — BOOM COMPANIES — RIGHT TO TOLL.</p> <p>A boom company is not entitled to collect tolls for driving the logs of another, under the authority of Bal. Code, § 4391, providing therefor in case such logs obstruct or impede its drive, when it appears that such logs did not intermingle with, or obstruct, or impede the driving of the boom company’s logs, and that the work done by the boom company consisted in rolling into the channel of the stream a portion of the logs which had lodged along the banks, while the owner of such logs was engaged at the same time in the same work, and had notified the boom, company not to handle the logs.</p>