Middleton v. Flat River Booming Co.

This was a bill in equity by a number of owners o-i mills and factories on Flat river, to enjoin the defendants from various acts which it is alleged tend to render the water-power by which their machinery is operated of little value to them. The bill was demurred to on various, grounds, and was dismissed in the court below.

One objection is that the parties complainant have no. common interest. They are owners of several mills, and only have a common interest in the question involved. The case Is within the decision in Scofield v. Lansing, 17 Mich., 437. No accounting is asked for by…