Lancaster & Jefferson Electric Light Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Bill in Equity, alleging the wrongful maintenance of a dam upon Israel’s river to the injury of the plaintiffs, owners upon the stream above, and asking a reformation of deeds and an assessment of damages, with a prayer for an injunction. Trial by the court and decree for the plaintiffs. Transferred from the April term, 1907, of the superior court by Pike, J.
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
The questions transferred are (1) the construction of the deeds in the defendants’ chain of title as to the extent of their rights in the river, — whether as riparian proprietors they own one half, or the whole, of the power furnished by the stream at their dam, and as to the height to whicli they own the right to maintain the dam, — and (2) the measure of damages.
December 6, 1890, Harry E. Stevens conveyed by deed of that date to Cauger & Sullivan a tract of land on the northerly bank of Israel’s river. After describing this tract by courses, distances, and monuments, the language of the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lowell v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
- Proprietors of Locks & Canals on Merrimack River v. Nashua & Lowell RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Baldwin v. CalkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- De Camp v. . BullardNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Compact v. Kaukauna Water Power Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
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- Bean v. Central Maine Power Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934
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