Lamb v. Constantine Hydraulic Co.

The complainants are the owners of a certain flouring mill at Constantine, Michigan, operated by water-power. The defendant is a corporation owning a water-power at Constantine, and is known as the Constantine Hydraulic Company. A portion of its power is used by the complainants in operating their mill. The company was incorporated under a special act of the Legislature approved March 25,1867. It afterwards erected a dam across St. Joseph river, and built a system of races on both sides thereof, the work being completed in 1873. The facts preceding the filing of the bill, briefly stated, are…