Antigo Electric Co. v. Faust Lumber Co.

Since 1882 the defendant Faust Lumber Company, hereafter referred to as the defendant, and its predecessors in title have owned and maintained, under authority of deeds and charter, a dam with an authorized seven-foot head across Spring brook, a small stream in the city of Antigo. Prior to 1923 the dam and pond were used by the defendant and its predecessors for power to operate its sawmill, also to harvest ice, and to float and store logs. By the fall of 1925 it had ceased its milling operations, removed its mills, and the property, though still maintained, was unproductive except for the…