Suffrouw v. Brewer
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Barton, J., presiding. Bill by Fred Suffrouw and others against Joseph Brewer and others to enjoin the diversion of water from plaintiffs’ farms. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKuhn, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court for Kent county, in chancery. The plaintiffs. owned farms on section 14, Plainfield township, which lie north of the east and west highway and parallel to and adjoining each other. The defendant John P. Weller owned 40 acres immediately east of and adjoining the farm of the plaintiff Fred Suffrouw. The defendant Augusta H. Brewer owned land directly south of the John P. Weller farm. The dispute between the parties arises from the flow of a certain stream of water across their land. In its natural *371state this stream had its source in the…
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