Dillon v. Acme Oil Co.
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from circuit court, Cattaraugus county. Action by Patrick Dillon against the Acme Oil Company to restrain defendant from operating its oil refinery, whereby the water in plaintiff’s well was polluted. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHaight, J.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner of two lots of land, in the village of Olean, on which dwellings were erected, each having a well of water which is used for cooking, drinking, washing, and other purposes; that the defendant is engaged in operating a refinery for the purpose of refining crude petroleum oil, located at a distance of 20 rods therefrom; that, in the process of such refining, it uses divers powerful and poisonous acids and other noxious and offensive chemicals, in conjunction with large amounts of water, and from time to time there is discharged from the…
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