CUYAHOGA POWER CO. v. AKRON

No. 465.

240 U.S. 462 (1916)

CUYAHOGA RIVER POWER COMPANY v. CITY OF AKRON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 20, 1916.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Carroll G. Walter and Mr. John L. Wells, with whom Mr. Wade H. Ellis, Mr. R. Golden Donaldson and Mr. Charles A. Collin were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles F. Choate, Jr., with whom Mr. Jonathan Taylor was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by an Ohio corporation against a city of Ohio to prevent the latter from appropriating the waters of the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries above a certain point. It alleges that the plaintiff was incorporated under the laws of Ohio for the purpose of generating hydro-electric power by means of dams and canals upon the said River, and of disposing of the same; that it has adopted...

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