Strang v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Suits by John H. Strang, by Henry Calvert, by John H. Bedell, by Adam Gaenger, by Frederick Wieners, by Clara Byrne, by Jacob Wiebel, and by Henry Ultsch against the City of New York.
1Opinion of the CourtPutnam, J.
Plaintiffs sue in equity for alleged damages through loss of water taken by the Brooklyn waterworks system from the southern part of Nassau county. They charge that the withdrawal of the large volume of water at the defendant’s pumping stations af*232fects the surrounding country, so that the level of underground saturation or the “water table” beneath plaintiffs’ farms is lowered, reducing the moisture of the soils, making their lands dry, sterile, and unproductive. The complaints also allege the drying up of a pond, stréam, or well upon the respective lands in controversy. As a further cause of…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Reisert v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Jeffers v. JeffersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Reisert v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Sposato v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
- Jeffers v. . JeffersNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
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