Michigan Supreme Court January 6, 1886 (Manistique Lumbering Co. v. Witter)

Champlin, J.

Plaintiff is a corporation organized under the laws of Michigan for manufacturing purposes. Its principal office for the transaction of business is located in the city of Detroit. It is the owner of large quantities of pine, located on the Manistique river and its tributaries. It neither owns nor hires a mill to manufacture its logs into ■lumber.