Carhart v. State

The claimant in this case was a tenant, in 1902, on a farm situated in the' town of Manlius, on Limestone creek, about half a mile north of the Erie canal. Limestone creek passes underneath the canal, which is carried over the creek by means of an aqueduct. There are three gates in the aqueduct for discharging the surplus water of the canal into the creek. Connected with the canal and the creek is a canal feeder, which feeds the canal near the aqueduct, The feeder is about half a mile long, It }s *14connected with the creek by means of gates, the water of the creek being held back by a dam.…