Atwater v. Village of Canandaigua
New York Supreme Court
Motion for new trial on exceptions. Action by Joseph Atwater against the trustees of the village of Canandaigua. The court directed a verdict for defendants, exceptions to be heard in the first instance at general term.
1Dissent
Corlett, J.,
(dissenting.) Canandaigua lake is a body of fresh water, about 16 miles long and 1£ miles wide. This action was brought to recover damages for wrongfully and negligently causing the waters of said lake to be set back and kept upon the plaintiff’s farm, which consists of about 78 acres of land, bounded by the lake on the easterly side. The lake, at its foot, had two outlets, one known as the old one, or the feeder, and the other as the Dubois outlet. The waters of the lake had flowed through the old outlet for 80 years. In 1856 it was closed 30 rods from its mouth, and a new…
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- Radcliff's Executors v. . Mayor, C. of BrooklynNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
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- Mahady v. . Bushwick Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
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