State v. Minneapolis Mill Co.

The defendant is a corporation, organized and acting under a charter found in Laws 185(5, c. 145. By section 9 of the charter, the company is “authorized, for the purpose of the improvement of the water-power above and below the Falls of St. Anthony, in the - Mississippi river, to maintain the present dams and sluices, and to cons tract dams, canals and water sluices, erect mills, buildings or other structures, for the purpose of manufacturing in any of its branches, or improving any water-power owned or possessed by said company, in such-manner and to such extent as shall be, authorized by…