Oliver v. Olmstead
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Shiawassee; Smith, J. Bill by Hiram E. Oliver against Fred C. Olmstead and another to restrain the cutting and removal of ice. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The bill in this case is filed for the purpose of settling the ownership of the ice which forms on a portion of the Shiawassee river. The river is a meandered stream. Dewey & Stewart were the owners of the land *484on the north side of the stream. August 18, 1890, they gave Oliver & Dudley a written lease to cut all the ice on that portion of the stream owned by them for the period of five years. This lease was afterwards renewed for another five years, and Oliver succeeded to the rights, of Dudley in it. The consideration for the lease was the supplying of the families of Dewey and Stewart with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lorman v. BensonMichigan Supreme Court · 1860
- Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co. v. South Grand Rapids Ice & Coal Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1894
- People's Ice Co. v. The Steamer "Excelsior."Michigan Supreme Court · 1880
- Chesebrough v. PingreeMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
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