Norris v. Hill
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Co-uvt of Chancery. Norris and Folletl, the complainants, and the defendant IiilJ, were the owners of separate mill property on the Hm on river, at Ypsiknti; their mills being on opposite sides of the river, and supplied with water by a dam extending across the river from one' hank to the other.
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Appeal from the Co-uvt of Chancery. Norris and Folletl, the complainants, and the defendant IiilJ, were the owners of separate mill property on the Hm on river, at Ypsiknti; their mills being on opposite sides of the river, and supplied with water by a dam extending across the river from one' hank to the other. Complainants were the owners Of the water power on thc‘east side of the river, where their mills were, and'claimed to bo the owners of one half of the water power on tho opposite or west side of tho river, where Hill had his mills, and they filed their bill in the court below against…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court,
Gkeen, J.
The defendant seeks to reverse the decree made by the chancellor upon two grounds: 1st, That if the complainants have shown any wrong on the part of the defendant, they have an adequate remedy at law, and he therefore claims the same benefit as if he had demurred to the bill for that cause: and 2d, That the defendant has done no act which is in violation of the complainants' rights, even if such rights exist to the extent claimed by the bill.
In order to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the questions involved, it will be necessary, in the first place, to inquire what…
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