Newaygo Manufacturing Co. v. Chicago & West Michigan Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Newaygo. (Fuller, J.) Bill to enjoin a threatened trespass. Defendant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
On the first day of April, 1873, the Newaygo Company, then a copartnership, owned blocks A and B, in the village of Newaygo, and the. canal and water-power thereon, formed by damming the Muskegon river at that point. The Newaygo Company and its assigns, at that time and ever since, have been using the water-power for the manufacture of lumber and for other purposes, the waterpower being one of the largest in the State, and the company owning it has done a constantly increasing business.
At the time mentioned, the Grand Bapids, Newaygo & Lake Shore Bailroad was in operation to the village of…
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