Fulton v. Greacen

Van Fleet, V. C.

The complainant claims to be the owner of a tract of land adjoining the Morris canal, in the township of Bloomfield, Essex county, on which there is a paper-mill. He is operating the mill. Part of the power he employs is supplied by water from the canal. The water is carried by a raceway across the lauds of the defendant. The object of this suit is to have the defendant restrained from diverting the water from the complainant’s mill. The defendant, by his answer, admits that he has manifested an intention to divert the water, by having measurements made with a view of putting…