Electric Plaster Co. v. Blue Rapids City Township

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action by Blue Rapids City Township to recover $229.60, with interest thereon, from the Electric Plaster Company, upon a contract between the township and the plaster company as well as two other companies not impleaded in this case. The contract recited in substance that these companies owned property on the Blue river, as well as certain proportions of the water-power provided by the river; that the flood of 1903 changed the channel of the river so as to render the water-power of the companies valueless, and also cut…