State Ex Rel. Crabbe v. Middletown Hydraulic Co.

This is an original action in quo warranto in this court, filed by the state of Ohio, on relation of the Attorney General.

The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Ohio.

The petition alleges the state ownership of the Middletown feeder as a part of the Miami and Erie Canal; further alleges that the defendant owns and operates a manufacturing plant located in the vicinity of the feeder, and that the defendant now is, and for a long time has been, diverting water from the feeder to its manufacturing plant for manufacturing purposes, without authority of law and…