Stickney v. Munroe
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is an action on the case, for diverting water from the plaintiff’s mill. Exceptions were filed to the rulings of Hathaway, J., and the whole evidence is by him reported upon a motion for a new trial.
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This is an action on the case, for diverting water from the plaintiff’s mill. Exceptions were filed to the rulings of Hathaway, J., and the whole evidence is by him reported upon a motion for a new trial. The plaintiffs’ attorney requested the following instructions :. 1st. That if Lowell, the agent, was permitted by Munroe to take, and continue for a series of years the general management of his mill property at Calais, third persons would have the right to regard him as general agent for that purpose, and to hold the principal responsible for the acts of such agent to the extent of such…
1Opinion of the CourtTenney, C. J.
This suit was instituted to recover damage alleged to have been caused to the plaintiffs’ mill, called the shore saw of the Washington, situate on the Schoodic river in the town of Calais, by the defendant, in altering and enlarging the water gates in and under a certain other mill, called the Madison, situate on the same river and upon the same dam, and in opening and keeping open the same gates and conduits, and passage-ways leading therefrom, without lawful authority.
The plaintiffs, as evidence of their title to the premises alleged to have been injured by the acts of the defendant,…
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