Concord Manufacturing Co. v. Robertson
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Casia, for diverting water from the plaintiffs’ mills,which are situated about one hundred rods below the outlet of Long pond in Coricord, on the stream that flows from the pond to Mérrima,ok river. Facts agreed. The defendants are engaged in the business of cutting and storing ice and selling it to the citizens of Concord.
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Casia, for diverting water from the plaintiffs’ mills,which are situated about one hundred rods below the outlet of Long pond in Coricord, on the stream that flows from the pond to Mérrima,ok river. Facts agreed. The defendants are engaged in the business of cutting and storing ice and selling it to the citizens of Concord. Having hired a tract of land bordering on the pond, they went from it upon the pond, and cut and carried away ice to be sold in the usual course of their business. The plaintiffs claim that the flow of water from the pond to their mills was perceptibly and substantially…
1Opinion of the CourtDoe, C. J.
By the grant of the original township of Gilmanton (including territory afterwards set off as Gilford, and Belmont), made in 1727 and amended in 1729 by the provincial executive in the name of the king, the premises were bounded by two lines, one running from the westerly corner of Barnstead north-west “ to Winnipesaukee Pond or the river that runs out of the said Pond,” the other running from the westerly corner of Barnstead north-east six miles on the Barnstead line, then north-west two miles, “ then north to Winnipesaukee Pond, then on the said Pond and river to meet the first line.” The…
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