Converse v. Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in equity by the Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Corporation against H. P. Converse and Edwin P. Bliss, partners as H. P. Converse & Co., and the United Dredging Company. Decree for com- plainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, Portsmouth Cotton Oil Refining Corporation, complainant below and herein so called, has been the owner for several years of a tract of land on the northerly side of Paradise creek, in Norfolk county, Va., where it has an extensive plant and carries on a large and lucrative business. Its operations require the use of large quantities of water, which it obtains from this creek under the riparian rights incident to its ownership of the adjacent land. Paradise creek is a small tidewater stream, which flows into the southern branch of the Elizabeth river. Prior…
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