Sutliff v. Johnson

In 1879 the defendants in error purchased the mill and appurtenances on the Blue river at Milford. At the time-the defendants in error purchased the property the dam across the river was raised to eight or eight and one-half feet above the natural flow of the stream. In the fall of 1880 the defendants in error raised the dam to fourteen feet, and in the year 1882 instituted proceedings in ad quod damnum for the condemnation of the property overflowed or injured by the backwater. The plaintiff in error at that time was the owner of the S. E. -J, the E. J of the N. W. i and the W. J of the N.…