Laraway v. Williams

This case grows out of an alleged trespass on lands owned by the plaintiffs as tenants by the entireties, and described as the north half of the southeast quarter of section 34 in the township of Battle Creek, claimed to have been committed by the defendant Williams, as drain commissioner of the county of Calhoun. The other defendants are the sureties on defendant Williams’ official bond. The alleged trespass arose in the construction of the so-called Fuller drain, which deepened and straightened a *619stream called Minges brook, which ran across the northwest corner of plaintiffs’ said land for…