State Ex Rel. Lyon v. Columbia Water Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition in the original jurisdiction of this Court by Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, Attorney-General, on behalf of the State, against the Columbia Water Power Company, the •Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Company, and the City of Columbia, to enjoin the City of Columbia from building a bridge across the Columbia Canal.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Woods.
The Attorney-General by his petition, filed in behalf of the State, alleging the Columbia Canal to be navigable water of the State, asked this Court to require the respondents, the Columbia Water Power Company, the Columbia Electric Street Railway, Light and Power Company, and the City of Columbia, to show cause why they should not be enjoined from continuing the construction of a bridge across the canal, and why they should not be required to move all obstructions at the entrance of the canal. At the hearing, when the defendants had…
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