Rickels v. Log-Owners' Booming Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Case by Ebel Rickels against the Log-Owners’ Booming Company for damages for - flooding plaintiff’s land. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff is the owner of certain lowlands lying on either side of Four-Mile creek, a small stream that flows into the Muskegon river a short distance above Muskegon Lake.
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Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Case by Ebel Rickels against the Log-Owners’ Booming Company for damages for - flooding plaintiff’s land. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff is the owner of certain lowlands lying on either side of Four-Mile creek, a small stream that flows into the Muskegon river a short distance above Muskegon Lake. The creek before it reaches the river expands into a small lake, known as Peck’s or- Sanford’s Bayou, which empties into the river about a mile from plaintiff’s land through an outlet some 30 feet in width. In its natural…
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
(after stating the facts). .The plaintiff’s declaration contains two counts. In the first count, after certain preliminary recitals, the pleader alleges that:
“Whereas, also, the waters of said Pour-Mile creek flow into a branch of Muskegon river westerly or lower down the river than the land of this plaintiff, and this branch of Muskegon river flows into Muskegon Lake through two channels, known as the north or Blacksmith Shop channel and the south channel; the said north channel *116being the main channel, and in its natural state it carries the larger volume of water. • The said south channel…
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