Ross v. Township of Ionia

This is an action for an injury occasioned to plaintiff by reason of an alleged defect in a highway.

A dam was built across the flats east of Prairie creek, to a point 66 feet east of the west bank of Prairie creek. At the west end of this dam was a wasteweir, over which the water not carried off by the race was allowed to flow. There was a direct fall over the wasteweir of about 4 feet, and a further fall on an incline of about 3 feet. The highway in question is constructed on top of this dam to a point near where the wasteweir is, using the dam as a roadbed to that point, and completing the…