Powers v. Irish
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Kent Circuit'. Tbis action was brought by Stanton A. Irish and Henry M. Euller, against William T. Powers, Martin L. Sweet, James M. Barnett, William Harrison, John W. Squires, Julius Berkey, William A. Berkey, John B. Moon, John Mangold, Charles C. Comstock, Reuben Wheeler, Richard E. Butterwortb, George M. Huntley, John E. Earle and Justus E. Earle. The nature of the action is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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Error to Kent Circuit'. Tbis action was brought by Stanton A. Irish and Henry M. Euller, against William T. Powers, Martin L. Sweet, James M. Barnett, William Harrison, John W. Squires, Julius Berkey, William A. Berkey, John B. Moon, John Mangold, Charles C. Comstock, Reuben Wheeler, Richard E. Butterwortb, George M. Huntley, John E. Earle and Justus E. Earle. The nature of the action is sufficiently stated in the opinion. Hpon tbe trial the counsel for the plaintiffs, to maintain and prove the issue on their part, gave evidence, under objection, tending to show that the extra labor and…
1Opinion of the CourtGrates, J.
The defendants in error brought this action to recoyer, damages alleged to have been caused to their rafts of lumber, by means of a dam of plaintiffs in error, across Grand river.
The jury returned a verdict for four thousand dollars, upon which judgment was entered. It is now urged that upon the trial the court erred in admitting and excluding certain testimony and in refusing to charge as requested. Several of the objections stated in- the record are abandoned and those still insisted on are considered as presenting two points.
*436First: Whether the proceedings of the board of supervisors in…
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