Stumbo v. Seeley
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court of Richardson county. Heard below before Broady, J. K. P. P. P. Co. v. Mihlman, 17 Kan.,225. Powers v. Council Bluffs, 45 Iowa, 652. Angelí Limitations, 300. Cobb v. Smith, 23 Wis., 261. Seeley v. Bridges, 13 Neb., 547. Middleton v. Flat Fiver Booming Co., 27 Mich., 533.
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
The plaintiffs are the owners of a grist-mill at the falls of the Nemaha river, in Richardson county, and the defendants are possessed of a grist-mill on the Nemaha river, about two miles below that of the plaintiffs, and this action is brought by the plaintiffs to enjoin the defendants from raising their dam so as to back the water of said river on the water wheels of the plaintiffs5 mill, and for damages sustained by backing the water of the river upon the plaintiffs5 wheels. On the trial of the cause the jury returned a verdict as follows: “We, the jury in this case being duly impaneled…
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