Roberts v. Martin
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mineral County. Suit in equity by A. P. Roberts against Joseph Martin and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BobiNsoN, Judge:
A small stream flows through the land of plaintiff, power from which is utilized by him in the operation of an old style grist mill. The source of the stream is in certain springs on a tract of land owned by another, immediately above plaintiff’s land. Defendants purchased from the owner of this upper tract the right to one of the springs. From this spring they have *94conducted water by a small pipe line, around the land of plaintiff, to the store and dwellings on their own premises below the mill. Here the water from the pipe line supplies certain domestic and other wants of…
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