Allen v. Thornapple Electric Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Barry; Smith, J. Bill by Thomas B. Allen and Susan Allen against the Thornapple Electric Company to enjoin the maintenance of a dam. ■ From a decree for complainants, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHookee, J.
The complainants are owners of 67 acres «of land, most of ' which is bounded on the east by the Thornapple river. The stream is tortuous, having banks upon complainants’ premises approximating a mile long. It is shown that there is considerable bottom land adjacent to the river, in all about 23 acres. The defendant purchased a dam site at La Barge, 6 miles below the complainants’ farm (where there had previously been a dam 7 feet high), and some rights of flowage, which are said to permit the raising of the dam to 18 feet from low-water mark at a point 300 feet below the new dam.' The…
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