Waterman v. Buck
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery. Heard on bill, answer, master’s report, and exceptions thereto, December Term, 1884, Powers, Chancellor.
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Bill in Chancery. Heard on bill, answer, master’s report, and exceptions thereto, December Term, 1884, Powers, Chancellor. A decree was entered, making the injunction against the defendants perpetual; and that the orator have a decree against O. & A. H. Buck for $490; against O. W. Stearns & Son for $70; against C. J. Patch for $60; against L. H. Parkhurst for $40; against Smith & Ladd for $40. The bill was brought to restrain the defendants from depositing sawdust and waste in the stream, whereby the orator’s meadow was damaged, and for damages. The parties against whom the decree was made…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
I. The exceptions of the defendants to the master’s report, to the effect that the facts found are against the weight of the evidence, cannot be entertained. There was evidence tending to establish the facts found, on all the points excepted to, on this ground. Where there is such evidence, the facts found by the master, unless fraud or corruption is shown, will not be reviewed nor revised in the Court of Chancery, nor on appeal in this court. Howard v. Scott, 50 Vt. 48; Merrill v. R. R. Co. 54 Vt. 200; Randall v. Randall, 55 Vt. 214.
II. The…
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