Supreme Court of Iowa December 19, 1901 (Becker v. Hall)

Si-ierwin, J. —

1 The ice field in controversy was located in the government canal at Keokuk. The canal is public water and the right to take ice therefrom is a common right. One member of the general public has the same right to the ice' formed upon public waters as has another, until there has been an actual appropriation of such ice. Brown v. Cunningham, 82 Iowa, 517.