Davis v. Township of Frankenlust
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Snow, J. Bill by Richard Davis against the township of Frankenlust, Jacob Gates, and others, to restrain the further flooding of complainant’s land, and for an accounting for damages already done. From an order overruling a demurrer, to the bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMooke, J.
This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer to a bill of complaint. Complainant filed a bill in chancery, alleging, among other things, that he is the owner of a farm, in the county of Saginaw, that borders on the county line between Bay county and Saginaw county, and that defendants are flooding his lands with water, which is brought to his farm by means of ditches constructed by defendants, making his lands useless for farming purposes. The bill alleges defendants are yearly increasing the amount of water thrown upon his lands, and threaten to enlarge the quantity by opening and…
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