Bacon v. Walden
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Charlevoix; Lamb, J., presiding. Bill by Henry Bacon and others against Samuel D. Walden for an injunction. From a decree for defendant, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtSteere, J.
Complainants, riparian owners of certain particularly described lands in the counties of Emmet and Charlevoix bordering upon Walloon lake, filed this bill in the circuit court for the county of Charlevoix, in chancery, to secure a judicial determination that the natural level of said Walloon lake at its outlet is the original floor of the so-called Mc-Manus dam, and to obtain a perpetual injunction restraining defendant from impounding the waters of said lake to a higher level, which was causing more *140or less damage to the lands of complainants by flooding.
The suit was heard upon pleadings,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hass v. McManusMichigan Supreme Court · 1910
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