Simons v. Munch
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Certain of tbe interveners in tbe above entitled action obtained from tbe district court for Pine county an order directing tbe Pine City Electric Power Co. to show cause wby it should not be punished for contempt in failing to obey tbe judgment as to tbe provision with regard to interfering with tbe natural flow of water in Snake river and wby it should not indemnify tbe same parties for tbe resulting damage.
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Certain of tbe interveners in tbe above entitled action obtained from tbe district court for Pine county an order directing tbe Pine City Electric Power Co. to show cause wby it should not be punished for contempt in failing to obey tbe judgment as to tbe provision with regard to interfering with tbe natural flow of water in Snake river and wby it should not indemnify tbe same parties for tbe resulting damage. Tbe matter was beard before Dancer, J., acting for tbe judge of tbe Nineteenth judicial district, who denied defendant’s motion to dismiss tbe proceedings on tbe ground that tbe court…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Many years ago Henry L. Simons brought an action in ejectment for tbe possession of lands abutting Snake river, above tbe outlet of Cross lake, alleging that tbe defendants by means of a dam, known as tbe Cbengwatonna dam, maintained a few hundred feet below tbe outlet of said lake, set tbe water back in tbe river, and tbe lake above for which it was an outlet, so as to overflow the plaintiff’s lands and deprive him of their use. During tbe protracted litigation Pine City Electric Power Co. became tbe owner of tbe dam and was made party *268to the suit, together with a number of owners of lands…
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