Pence v. Bryant

Lynch, Judge :

Plaintiff sued, in trespass on the case, to recover damages for the obstruction of a public street in front of her hotel property in the town of Bramwell, and for the pollution of the well on her lot by reason of the percolation of impure water thereto from the excavation which constitutes in part the alleged obstruction. The defendants, by joint plea, denied the existence of the street or easement claimed to be affected. They also joined in the general issue of not guilty. Upon the trial, the jury returned a general verdict in favor of plaintiff for fourteen hundred dollars.…