Pluchak v. Crawford
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Menominee; Stone, J. Bill by Robert Pluchak against Samuel Crawford and others to restrain the flooding of complainant’s land. Prom a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
The complainant is the owner of a steam sawmill on Devil’s creek. The defendants are owners of 40,000,000 feet of timber, which for three years they have been cutting and floating down said stream, using two dams for that purpose. They expect, according to their claim, to continue to cut and float down the stream logs cut from this timber at the rate of 2,000,000 feet a year. It is the claim of complainant that by the use of these dams his property is flooded so that 2£ feet of water stands upon the engine room floor of his mill, that the flooding continues so long the standing water kills…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Craig v. BradleyMichigan Supreme Court · 1873
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