Dyer v. Cranston Print Works Co.

The complainant seeks to ascertain and apportion the rights of the parties to this suit in the water of a pond and river, which are averred to belong to both as parts of their respective estates.

The gravamen of the charge is, that the respondent uses and claims the right to use and control the entire waters of the pond and river; and that it has, by filling, crowded the stream, the middle line of which was the boundary of the two estates, over on to the complainant’s land, thereby confusing the line of division.

The first point taken on demurrer to the bill is, that it is multifarious. We…