Ryerson v. Brown

*Cooley, Oh. J.:

The proceedings in this case were taken under “An act to revise and amend an act entitled ‘An act to encourage the erection and support of water power manufactories,’ approved March 21, 1865,” the amendatory act having been approved April 30, 1873. The second section of the act provides that “whenever any person shall desire to erect and maintain a water-power mill on his own land, or upon the land of another with his consent, or who has heretofore erected any such mill, or who shall desire to erect and maintain a dam on the same for the purpose of operating such mill by…