Sweetland v. Grants Pass Power Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Josephine: Hiero K. Hanna, Judge. This is a suit by W. I. Sweetland against the Grants Pass New Water, Light & Power Co. to require the removal of a dam and for damages. Plaintiff appeals from a decree against him.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Wolverton
Shortly prior to September 24, 1889, The Grants Pass Water, Light & Power Co. was incorporated and organized, and, in pursuance of its purposes, it very soon acquired from the Town of Grants Pass the franchise, right, and privilege of laying within its streets water and gas mains, and o'f erecting and maintaining therein electric light poles, and affixing thereto the necessary attachments and wires for supplying the town and its inhabitants with water and light for public and domestic use. In furtherance of its purposes, on the date mentioned, it obtained from Fred Geyer, who was then the…
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