Legal Opinion

Minneapolis Mill Co. v. Hobart

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 29, 1879PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action to recover the value of the use of two mill-powers of water. Trial in the district court for Hennepin county, before Vanderburgh, J., upon whose findings a judgment was entered for the plaintiff, from which the defendants appealed.

1Opinion of the Court

Gilrillan, G. J.

The plaintiff was and is the owner of a canal, constructed to convey water for mill purposes, and of the power in the water conveyed by it.

It granted to one Smith “the right (subject to the right of earlier grantees of said company) to have and draw from the pond or canal of said Minneapolis Mill Company, seven mill-powers of water as defined in the said proposals, to be used upon the following described lots or pieces of land, situate in the city of Minneapolis, in Hennepin county, in the state of Minnesota, to wit: lot five in block 16; lots one and three, *38in block 17; lot…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Aelvoet v. SchutzCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1944
  2. Wintle v. Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1928
  3. Wintle v. Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1928

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