Kavanaugh v. Cohoes Power & Light Corp.
New York Supreme Court
Action to determine water power rights.
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The plaintiff purchased certain lands in the city of Cohoes from the estate of Charles H. *591Adams for the purpose of obtaining certain electric power rights from the defendant, a corporation which has installed a hydro-electric power plant in the city of Cohoes. This power plant was installed for the purpose of supplying electric power in the place of water-power which had been supplied for many years in that city by the predecessor of the defendant. The plaintiff’s predecessor in title had been supplied with water-power rights under instruments which may be here denominated as perpetual…
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