Hyatt v. Albro
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Genesee; Wisner, J. Bill by Fanny J. Hyatt and Charles M. Howe against Jarvis E. Albro, county drain commissioner, and others, to enjoin the deepening of the channel of a stream. From a decree dismissing the bill,' complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Complainants are the owners of a flour and grist mill in the village of Linden, Genesee county. A dam has been maintained across the Shiawassee river by complainants and their grantors for upwards of 30 years, and the water-power thus provided has been the only power used in or about this mill. The bill alleges that above the dam in Shiawassee river are two lakes, known, respectively, as “Tupper Lake”and “MudLake,” the two being connected by a river known as the “Middle River,” and the upper lake being fed by Shiawassee river, *639-which has it's origin at a point farther up. The two lakes are,…
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