Haase v. Kingston Co-operative Creamery Ass'n

In 1848 a dam was built across the creek known as Grand River, in Green Lake county, overflowing lands *586described in the complaint, forming a mill-pond which until 1931 was known as the Kingston mill-pond. In the latter year the legislature passed an act changing the name of this mill-pond to Grand Lake. A portion of the lands overflowed was owned in fee by the builder of the dam. A portion of the other lands overflowed was acquired by the proprietor of the dam. The plaintiff, as successor in title, now owns the fee to all of the lands so overflowed.

During the winter of 1930-31 the defendant…