Mathews v. Chambers Power Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Lane: James W. Hamilton, Judge. Department 1. Statement by Mb. Chief Justice Moobe. This is a suit by A. C. Mathews against the Chambers Power Company, a corporation, to enjoin an alleged trespass upon real property. From a decree granting plaintiff the relief prayed for, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
The facts are that, pursuant to the act of Congress approved September 27, 1850, Hilyard Shaw secured a donation land claim of 320 acres in section 32, township 17 south, of range 3 west, in Lane County, Oregon. Extending from a place near the southeast corner of this land to the northwest corner thereof was a slough through which some of the waters of the Willamette Eiver flowed during the freshets in that stream. This depression through that land was deepened in places where necessary so that water, at all stages in the river, flowed in such artificial…
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