Shaver v. Eldred

This action was originally brought in a court of a justice of the peace, where a judgment of $30, besides costs, was rendered in behalf of the plaintiff, upon a complaint in trespass for flooding the lands of the plaintiff by raising the dam of the outlet of Owasco lake by means of flush-boards thereon, thus overflowing the plaintiff’s farm. On appeal from that judgment to the county court, a new trial was had before tlie county judge, without a jury, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff of $150 damages, besides-costs. The general term of this court affirmed such judgment of the county…