Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Pleading and Practice, Vol. 14 written by William Mark McKinney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Encyclopaedia of Pleading and Practice, Vol. 14: Under the Codes and Practice Acts at Common Law, in Equity and in Criminal Cases I. Scorn or m Anncm The principal matters treated under this title arise in statutory proceedings to condemn lands for the use of milldams and compensate injuries caused by the improvement. The statutes were passed on the theory that water mills are a public benefit, and therefore the right of emi nent domain might be exercised in their behalf and the milldam protected from abatement as a common-law nuisance.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.