Bassett v. Salisbury Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
This is a bill in equity, by Thomas Bassett, against the Salisbury Manufacturing Company, and the Salisbury Mills. The bill, originally against the Salisbury Manufacturing Company alone, was filed in June, 1861, and was amended by adding as a party defendant, the Salisbury Mills, at the December Term, 1863. The bill alleges that on the thirtieth day of August, 1854, and ever since, the plaintiff has been lawfully seized and possessed of sundry tracts of land, eight in…
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This is a bill in equity, by Thomas Bassett, against the Salisbury Manufacturing Company, and the Salisbury Mills. The bill, originally against the Salisbury Manufacturing Company alone, was filed in June, 1861, and was amended by adding as a party defendant, the Salisbury Mills, at the December Term, 1863. The bill alleges that on the thirtieth day of August, 1854, and ever since, the plaintiff has been lawfully seized and possessed of sundry tracts of land, eight in number, and particularly set forth and described. These lots have been numbered and known in these proceedings as follows : 1.…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
This bill in equity is brought to compel the defendants to permit the water in Powow river to pass, from May 12 to Oct. 12, in each year, without obstruction from their dam, upon the ground, that, otherwise, eight tracts of land of the plaintiff will be overflowed and injured.
The plaintiff alleges that the injury to these lands is in its nature irreparable, and that as to the tracts numbered two, five and six, the title of the plaintiff has already been established in a suit at law.
On the other hand, the defendants deny that the injury, if any there be, is in its nature irreparable, but…
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