Legal Opinion

Southern Indiana Power Co. v. Miller

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1916No. 22,630PublishedCited by 9 opinions

From Lawrence Circuit Court; Oren O. Swails Judge, . Action by the Southern Indiana Power Company-against Edmund J. Miller. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.

— Appellant is the owner of a certain dam and hydraulic generating plant constructed under the authority of §5081 Burns 1914, Ads 1907 p. 280, at the town of Williams, in Lawrence county. The dam is located in and across White river, a permanent stream or water course at that point, and by its construction the water in said stream was set back- and caused to overflow a part of appellee’s lands. To. appropriate the lands so overflowed and to assess the damages sustained by appellee through such appropriation is the purpose of this action. In prosecuting this appeal from a verdict and judgment…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad v. TuttIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Muncie & Portland Traction Co. v. Citizens Gas & Oil Mining Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1912
  3. Applegate v. FranklinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1904

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1980
  2. Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc. v. McCarrellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
  3. Barrow v. TalbottIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. McKEE v. HASLERIndiana Supreme Court · 1951
  5. Moore v. Associated Material & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1997

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