Meador v. Central Georgia Power Co.

The Central Georgia Power Company built a dam across the Ocmulgee river in Jasper and Butts counties, for the purpose of generating electricity by water, to be used in lighting towns and cities, and supplying light, heat, and power to railroads and the public generally. Certain residents of Newton county instituted proceedings before the ordinary of that county, under the Civil Code (1910), § 5333, providing for abating a public nuisance in certain eases, alleging that the dam caused water to back up in the Ocmulgee river and its tributaries in Newton county, and created a public nuisance.…