WICK v. CHELAN ELECTRIC CO.

No. 29.

280 U.S. 108 (1929)

WICK v. CHELAN ELECTRIC COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 25, 1929.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph D. Sullivan and Adrien W. Vollmer for appellant.

Mr. Edwin C. Matthias, with whom Messrs. F.G. Dorety, Thomas Balmer, Charles S. Albert, and Frank T. Post were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee, a public utility corporation organized under the laws of Washington, was empowered to acquire by eminent domain the right to use the water of Lake Chelan for the generation of electricity for public use, and to that end was authorized to impound and raise the water to 1100 feet above mean sea level. Appellant, a resident and citizen of Pennsylvania, owns shore land a part of which is overflowed by the...

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