Legal Opinion
Hartford Rayon Corp. v. the Cromwell Water Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 3, 1940PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaltbie, C. J.
The plaintiff operates a manufacturing plant upon a tract of land in Rocky Hill through which flows Dividend Brook. Since 1924 it or its predecessors in title have maintained a dam upon the premises for manufacturing purposes. Because the water of the brook is particularly well adapted for processing the plaintiff’s products and the flow of the stream is rather consistently steady, the premises are peculiarly adapted to its purposes. The average flow of the stream is substantially two million gallons a day and the plaintiff needs and uses that amount, about one-half for processing purposes…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Roath v. DriscollSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
- Miller v. Bay Cities Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1910
- Armstrong v. LeveroneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1927
- City of Emporia v. SodenSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
- Sisters of St. Joseph Corp. v. Atlas Sand, Gravel & Stone Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1935
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- Walton v. Town of New HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992