Squaw Island Freight Terminal Co. v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This appeal is from a judgment dismissing the complaint on the merits in an action by which the plaintiff seeks to enjoin the city of Buffalo from discharging sewage into the Niagara river in a manner which invades the property rights of the plaintiff as a lower riparian owner. Demand is also made for property damages alleged to have resulted from pollution.
The Niagara river bounds the city of Buffalo on the west at which point it flows due north with a current velocity varying from four to eight miles an hour. Close to the river’s east bank and within the city limits is Squaw island, the…
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