Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-07-14

me plafnuM admitted, however, tHaL
the swarm might have flown even II
not interfered with.
His honor quoted prscsdents 70
show that the owner OF bees could
make out property In them until be
lost sight of them, and declared that
the shaking Of the swarm from the
tree was. Ia his opinion, Illegal. The
defendant, therefore. By his illegal
interference had tFesDassed On the
plaintiffs property In his bees. But
as It could not be proved that the
swarm had flown In direct coDse-
quenee Of this interference. the
plaintiff could not prove damage.
The case was therefore dismissed,
each party bearing his own costs.
A curious case, also concerning
bees, came before justice at the lit
tie town Of Warwick, In New York
state. A market gardner applied
for an injunction against neighbor-
Ing bee-keeper, to prevent bis pas
turing his bees upon his--the mar
ket gardeneF's--nowers and fruit.
The saDient J. r. decided In the
plaintiffs favor. II Il expected that
commission Will nov sit 70 decide
upon the best methods Of identifying
bees. and OF lnpounding them when
identified.
In another case. under the same
act. joiner who had fallen from
ladder was refused compensation
on the ground that the building from
which he had fallen was not 30 feet
high from roof to ground. II
was urged on behalf OF the workman
that the chimney against which the
ladder rested should be included In
measuring the height OF the building.
Eventually the court agreed to this
view of tho case. so the decision
stands that building may be higher
than lts own roof.
A coal porter sued hls employers
for compensation for injuries incur
red by a bag OF coal falling ON his
leg while he was working in the
hold OF barge from which coal was
being transferred. He lost his case
and appealed, and the matter came
before Mr.. Justice Bigham.
1t seems to me that any vessel
transhIpplng coal may be said TO be a
warehouse" observed the Judge.
The question whether a ship is a
dock under the act has been raised.
replied counsel
You would have dlficuIty In per
suading me that a barge is dock.
returned tho bench.
But the house of LORDS has held
that ship lying In dry dock Is a
dock, smiled counsel
The judge shook his head.
This Is a marvellous aeti" he re-
marked. and the case was eventually
decided out OF court.
In another similar suit. under the
same act. Il was ruled that a ship
In doek. Is part OF the plant that Is
being used from the quay 10 load It.
Ships are frequent sources of con-
tention Some years ago objection
was raised at the hartford registra-
tlon court to the votes of the captain
and fifteen officers OF H. NJ. training
ship Worcester. moored on Green
hlthe. The Liberals declared that as
ship paid no rates It could not be
dwelling house within the meaning
of the act, But. said the revising
barrister. the officers on board oc-
eupy rooms for their exclusive use.
and besides the vessels moorlngs are
In the parish boundaries, and are
rated by the oyerseers. Therefore
the ship Is a tenement. So the ON
GERS retained their votes.
| In the law courts lie room where
bookblnder sits. whose work Il Is
to repair the books Of the court
Some little time ago an ofieious fac
tory inspector discovered the book
binder, and summoned his employers
for not having afixed to the wall an
abstract OF the factory act. The In
spector certainly seemed to have the
letter OF the law In his favor. but
counsel for the defense argued that
II he we're right then the law courts
must be factory, and sarcastically
inquired whether they would in fu-
ture be whltewashed periodically and
provided with clock. according to
the provisions OF the factory act,
Il was another factory Inspector
who wanted the Court Theater to be
legally described as a factory. This
was during the run OF "a Cigarette
Makers Romance" In which play. it
may be remembered. Mr.. Martin
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