Glidden v. Beaverton Power Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Gladwin; Smith (Guy E.), J. Case .by Enoch Glidden and another against the Beaverton Power Company for damage to land by flooding. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiffs bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Defendant owns and controls a development of hydraulic power, known as the “Ross dam,” located in the city of Beaverton, Gladwin county, on the Tobacco river about a quarter of a mile below its confluence with the Cedar. Plaintiffs own a piece of land located at and to the north and west of the junction of those streams, bordering on both and consisting of about 4½ acres described as all that part of the northeast quarter of section 12 in township 17 north, range 2 west, that lies east of the county road and west and north of the Cedar and Tobacco rivers in the city of Beaverton, Gladwin…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Maxwell Land Grant Co. v. DawsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Owen v. FieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Townsend v. . McDonaldNew York Court of Appeals · 1855
- Pillsbury v. MooreSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1857
3Cited by7 opinions
- Bice v. HolmesMichigan Supreme Court · 1944
- Township of Beaverton v. LordMichigan Supreme Court · 1926
- Beaverton Power Co. v. Wolverine Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1929
- Thew v. Lower Colorado River AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1953
- In Re Petition of Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1932
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