Seeley v. Bridges & Johnson

The defendants are the owners of a'mill on the Blue river near the city of Crete, the machinery being propelled by water. They, or at least Bridges and his then partner, Baltzly, built a mill, and erected a dam across the river in 1869, the exact height of which does not appear; but in the fall of 1870, it was raised to ten feet two inches. lit 1879, the mill was burned, and the defendants commenced the erection of a larger mill, and. in 1881, sought to raise their dam to eleven feet. The plaintiff is also the owner of a mill site on the same river above that of the defendant, on which he has…