Minneapolis Mill Co. v. Wheeler

The plaintiff had constructed and was operating a canal for the use of its water-power through its land on the west bank of the Mississippi river, in the city of Minneapolis, extending for a considerable distance below its dam in the river. The defendants were the owners of a mill and site upon the canal, under a grant derived from the plaintiff, which included “a right of way across the canal in front of and adjacent to said premises, and to erect and maintain a bridge across said canal. ” Over the canal, in front of the mill, the grantors of defendants had erected a bridge or platform for…