White & Hammond v. Amsden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in chancery. Heard at the December term, 1892, Windsor county, upon the pleadings and the report of a special master. Tyler, chancellor, dismissed the bill fro forma. The orators appeal. This suit was brought to establish the rights of the orators in certain water privileges in the village of Windsor.
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Bill in chancery. Heard at the December term, 1892, Windsor county, upon the pleadings and the report of a special master. Tyler, chancellor, dismissed the bill fro forma. The orators appeal. This suit was brought to establish the rights of the orators in certain water privileges in the village of Windsor. The Ascutney Mill Dam Company, which was organized in 1833, acquired, soon after its organization, three water powers which were known respectively as the lower power, the middle power and the great dam power. At the great dam power an expensive dam some forty feet in height was erected for…
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, J.
The Ascutney Mill Dam Company was chartered in 1833. After organization it acquired title to certain property, including that in question, which consisted of a large stone dam with three water privileges; one at said dam known as the upper or great dam power, and two below with dams sixteen or seventeen feet high, known as the middle and lower powers. The great dam was forty to lorty-two feet high, and was built and intended for a two*7fold purpose, viz., to create a power to be used in connection with the privileges at said dam, and to store a surplus of water for the use of such privileges…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Vermont & Canada Railroad v. Vermont Central RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
- Gray v. Clark & PutnamSupreme Court of Vermont · 1839
- Warren v. WarrenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1858
- Lamson v. WorcesterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1886
- Thompson v. ProutySupreme Court of Vermont · 1854
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- Vermont Kaolin Corp. v. LyonsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1928
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