Neely v. Detroit Sugar Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Oakland; Smith, J. Case by Thomas Neely against the Detroit Sugar Company for damages caused by the obstruction of a mill pond. There was judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, O. J.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages. The plaintiff claimed to be in possession of a flouring mill situated in the village of Roch*471ester, on Paint creek. The mill was operated by water power, and connected with it was a raceway and a small pond, of about two acres in extent. Upstream from the plaintiff’s pond, and adjoining his pond, was located a tract of land owned by the defendant, the Detroit Sugar Company. In the year 1899 the defendant erected on its land a factory for the manufacture of sugar from beets. It used the water of Paint creek in the…
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