Stone v. Roscommon Lumber Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Roscommon. (Fallass, J.) Complainant filed bill to perpetually- enjoin the erection and maintenance of a dam upon Muskeg-on river and a decree was granted as prayed for, from which defendants appeal. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
The defendants in this case appeal from a decree of the circuit court for the county of Roscommon, in *27chancery, rendered on the seventh day of May, 1885, in-favor of the complainant. The bill is filed to perpetually enjoin the erection of a dam upon the Muskegon river, which is the outlet of Houghton lake. In the summer of 1874 the complainant purchased about 680 acres of land, situated upon and near the bank of Houghton lake, and not far from the river. The land was low, and mostly marsh, and was purchased by complainant with the view of making a hay farm of it. He alleges that he built a…
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