1. Head v. Amoskeag Mfg. Co., SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Argued December 16, 17, 1884. , January 5, 1885, Decided
OVERVIEW: In a suit under the general mill act of New Hampshire of 1868, ch. 20, for the assessment of damages for overflowing land, the landowner was not deprived of his property without due process of law because the statute was a reasonable exercise of the legislature's power to regulate the use of water power and compensation was provided.
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