Root v. Barnes

*38 By the court,

Miles, J.

The defendant in error, Edward M. Barnes made a complaint in writing to P. 0, Lawrence, Esq., a justice of the peace of the county of Jackson, that the plaintiffs jn error wore the proprietors and occupants of a ipill situated in th,e township of Leoni, in that county; that the pond to the mill was unhealthful and produce five of diseases by reason of the decay of a large quantity of standing, lodged and fallen timber within the bounds of the mill pond; and that the pond or a large portion of it was situated in said township. R. S. 1838, sec. 6, p. 535.

Upon this…