Stock v. Township of Jefferson
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Hillsdale; Lane, J. Bill by Frederick W. Stock against the township of Jefferson and George E. Porter to enjoin the maintenance of a drain. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
September 4, 1894, the complainant commenced this proceeding, praying for an injunction compelling the defendants to fill up a ditch they had dug to lower Pleasant Lake, and carry the water therefrom south and east into the St. Joseph river, and then into the Maumee, and then into Lake Erie; complainant alleging that the waters from Pleasant Lake had always run to the north and west, and through a chain of lakes and St. Joseph river to his mill, and from there on into the waters of Lake Michigan.
Prior to 1853 a flouring mill was built at Hillsdale, which mill was run by water taken from the…
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