M. C.C. of Havre De Grace v. Harlow

The Mayor and City Council of Havre do Grace filed the bill in this case to prevent, by means of injunction, the building of a dam or dams ■ across the Susquehanna River by James H. Harlow and Frank J. Iioen, upon the theory that the construction of such dam or darns would be in the nature of a public nuisance which the City might invoke the arm of the law to restrain. The nature of the particular injury done to the plaintiff as a municipal corporation was two-fold: first, that by the erection of such an obstruction the fishing industry of the municipality would be seriously injured; and,…