Jeremy Improvement Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Charlotte county on a presentment for a public nuisance. Judgment for the Commonwealth. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
It appears that the plaintiff in error is the owner of a mill situated on Roanoke creek, in Charlotte county, at Saxe, a station on the Southern railway. About three-quarters of a mile above the mill a dam across the channel of the creek is maintained for the purpose of furnishing water power to the mill. This dam was established, in pursuance of then existing statutes, in the year 1794. One acre of land on the opposite side of the creek was condemned for the construction of an abutment of the dam. The original dam was seventy-five to one hundred yards further down the stream than the present…
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