Hemmis v. Consolidated Water Power & Paper Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Portage county: Byron B. Park, Circuit Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJones, J.
This action is for trespass for flooding the plaintiff’s lands by a dam located at.Biron, six or seven miles below the land in question. Plaintiff ov/ns three tracts which may be designated as lots 1, 2, and 3. It is claimed that about six acres in lot 1, about twelve acres in lot 2, and about fifty-three acres .in lot 3 were affected by flowage caused by defendant’s dam. Since 1914 the dam has been raised from time to time. The present height is about nineteen feet and it is proposed to increase the height to twenty-one feet. It was agreed that for the purpose of the trial the jury should…
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