Holyoke Water Power Co. v. Whiting & Co.

This suit relates to the respective rights of the parties in the use of the water and water power developed from the fall in the Connecticut River at Holyoke and *530South Hadley. The case was reserved for our determination upon the bill and demurrer both as amended. The allegations in the bill in substance are these: The plaintiff under statutory authority is the owner of an hydraulic system consisting of a dam with connecting canals and locks constructed and adapted for creating and maintaining “a water-power” to be used, by itself “for manufacturing and mechanical purposes, and to be sold or…