Charleston & Savannah Railway v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Water Courses. Nuisance. Equity. Practice in Su•preme Court. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior 'Court. June Term, 1881. Russell Johnson et al. brought their hill against the ■Charleston and Savannah Railway Company to enjoin the obstruction of a tide-water stream, called Knoxboro' Creek, which is a creek or lagoon running into the Savannah river, and to recover damages resulting therefrom.
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Water Courses. Nuisance. Equity. Practice in Su•preme Court. Before Judge Adams. Chatham Superior 'Court. June Term, 1881. Russell Johnson et al. brought their hill against the ■Charleston and Savannah Railway Company to enjoin the obstruction of a tide-water stream, called Knoxboro' Creek, which is a creek or lagoon running into the Savannah river, and to recover damages resulting therefrom. The bill alleged that complainants bad a rice plantation on this creek ; that their natural and only practicable way to and from Savannah was by boats, the only other alternative being to-go by wagon…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The defendants in error filed their bill against the plaintiff in error, in which they complained that plaintiff in error had erected a bridge across a certain navigable stream or water course running into the Savannah river, and by the placing of a certain beam of wood over the stream had impeded the free use and navigation of said water course. They further alleged that, by reason of the obstructions aforesaid, they had lost certain produce boats and flats; and they prayed that plaintiff in error be enjoined from continuing said nuisance, and that they be paid the loss…
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