Sargent v. Gagne

This proceeding is in equity. The controversy centers on the ownership of rights to a water source, referred to as the School Spring, and its connecting aqueduct. The spring and pipe line are located on the defendants’ farm. The plaintiffs- seek injunctive relief against the defendants’ interference with the plaintiffs’ right to take water from the spring by the existing aqueduct and from interference with the plaintiffs’ repair and maintenance of the pipe line.

The defendants have denied the plaintiffs’ claim of ownership. They afiirmatively allege there had been an abandonment of the…