Bowers v. Town of Martinsville

This is a proceeding by attachment which was instituted in the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond by the town of Martinsville against J..S. Bowers, T. A. Loving and the Royal Indemnity Company, a corporation, as principal defendants, and the State Highway Commission and Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Virginia as co-defendants.

The facts out of which this litigation grows are as follows:

The town of Martinsville owns and operates a hydro-electric plant, the power for which is supplied by a dam across Smith river in Henry county, the water from which is conducted to the powerhouse by a canal…