Mason v. Horton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action on the case for the diversion of a watercourse. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Rutland county, Tyler, J., presiding. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff, submitting to the jury only the question of damages. The defendant excepts.
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Action on the case for the diversion of a watercourse. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Rutland county, Tyler, J., presiding. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff, submitting to the jury only the question of damages. The defendant excepts. The division of real estate among heirs is presumed to have been made in view of the open use of the property, and any easement or servitude which that use entailed would follow.the different parcels. Harwood v. Benton, 32 Vt. 724 ; Goodall v. Godfrey, 53 Vt. 219. Since by its use at the time of the division the…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The plaintiff and defendant own water privileges on opposite sides of a small stream in the town of Clarendon. These privileges were formerly owned and used by William Brown, from whom both parties derive their title. When both privileges were owned and used by William Brown the water was diverted by a dam, and used to supply mills on the defendant’s side of the stream; and the water that was not thus diverted flowed in the channel until it reached land now owned by the plaintiff, and was there diverted by another dam, and used to supply mills on the plaintiff’s side of the stream. William…
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