In re Cullinan

To the Supreme Court :

The court having directed the undersigned to give his opinion in the matter, I do report as follows. Upon the evidence in the matter in my opinion the facts are as follows:

That on the 9th day of May, 1903, the respondent. Lafayette F. Stanton, who resided at a point on the Beaver River in the town of Webb, county of Herkimer, State of New York, some three miles above what is known as the Beaver River dam, which dam was erected several years before that time by the State of New York for the purpose of creating a reservoir for the storage of water for canal purposes, made…