Town of Manchester v. Rogers Paper Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff brought this action against the Rogers Paper Manufacturing Company and Cheney Brothers, both corporations, to recover certain charges for the use of its sewer system. The defendant Rogers Company owned and since 1901 has owned a mill upon Hop Brook in the plaintiff town. From some time before 1889 until 1901 this mill was owned by Henry E. Rogers, who also owned another further down the stream. There was no water power at the upper mill, but at his lower mill the stream was utilized to furnish a part of the power to operate it. Between the two, Cheney Brothers owned a mill and…