Mairs v. Gallahue

This was an application on behalf of the appellee, S. M. Galiahue, to the County court of Jackson, under the act of assembly, for leave to erect a dam across Big Sandy creek in said county, for the purpose of working a water grist mill and saw mill. The applicant claimed to „be the owner of the banks on both sides of said creek, at a place specified, and prayed a writ of ad quod damnum for the purpose of erecting such mills and dam on said lands. The writ was awarded, and an inquest taken, which was returned to the court. The appellant, Thomas Mairs, and four other persons named, appeared in…