Supreme Court of Minnesota March 29, 1879 (Minneapolis Mill Co. v. Hobart)

Gilrillan, G. J.

The plaintiff was and is the owner of a canal, constructed to convey water for mill purposes, and of the power in the water conveyed by it.

It granted to one Smith “the right (subject to the right of earlier grantees of said company) to have and draw from the pond or canal of said Minneapolis Mill Company, seven mill-powers of water as defined in the said proposals, to be used