Crenshaw v. Slate River Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
The Plaintiffs, dsbury Crenshaw, and Thomas B. Crenshaw. exhibited their Bill to the Judge of the Superior Court of Chancer).' for the Richmond District, praying for an Injunction against thc- “■ Trustees of the Slate River Companj'',” a Corporation of that name, created by an Act of the General Assembly, passed on the 29th January, 1819. They allege that they are the owners in fee simple of a valuable water-grist mill, in Buckingham county, built cn a water-course called…
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The Plaintiffs, dsbury Crenshaw, and Thomas B. Crenshaw. exhibited their Bill to the Judge of the Superior Court of Chancer).' for the Richmond District, praying for an Injunction against thc- “■ Trustees of the Slate River Companj'',” a Corporation of that name, created by an Act of the General Assembly, passed on the 29th January, 1819. They allege that they are the owners in fee simple of a valuable water-grist mill, in Buckingham county, built cn a water-course called Slate River; that the mill is supplied with water by a dam erected across the said river pursuant to Law, at a place where…
1Opinion of the Court
The Judges delivered their opinions.'*
Judge Cake,
The Plaintiffs are the owners of a mill on Slate River; the Defendants are the “Trustees of the'Slale River,” formed into a Corporation by the Act of 181Í), for the purpose of improving the navigation of that river. The Act directs, among other things, that *255the owners of mills on the river shall, within six months after navigation shall have been completed to their mills, erect good and sufficient locks through their dams or on canals, proper and convenient around them, so as to furnish a safe and expeditious passage for loaded boats, &c, up…
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