Foot v. Edwards

INGERSOLL, District Judge.

It appears, by the plaintiffs' declaration, that they are the owners of mill, property in the state of Massachusetts, situate not far from the dividing line between that state and the state of Connecticut, on a stream of water which is accustomed to flow from, and has its rise in, the latter state; that, in Connecticut, the defendant diverted the water of the stream, by which diversion it ceased to flow to the plaintiffs’ mill; and that, in consequence thereof, the value of the plaintiffs’ mill, so situate in Massachusetts, was greatly impaired.

The right of recovery…