Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Beauchamp

The appellant, Arkansas Power & Light Company, built a water power dam, called the Remmel Dam, across the Ouachita River in Hot Spring County, about midway between the towns of Hot Springs and Malvern, by which a reservoir known as Lake Catherine was created covering an area of approximately 3,000 acres. Later, the appellant began the construction of another dam about twelve miles above the Remmel Dam, and at the upper head of Lake Catherine, the construction of which was nearing completion in the fall of 1930. The appellees owned and operated some small farms lying adjacent to the Ouachita…