Legal Opinion
Lake Williams Beach Ass'n v. Gilman Bros.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 6, 1985No. 11995PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether lowering the level of an artificial lake to compensate for the inadequate design of a dam constitutes a reasonable use of water rights. The plaintiffs, owners of real property fronting on the shore of Lake *135Williams in Lebanon, brought suit to enjoin the defendants, a dam owner and its lessee, from unreasonably drawing down the lake. The trial court held for the defendants and the plaintiffs appealed. We find no error.
The facts underlying this appeal are largely undisputed. The dam that created Lake Williams was erected in the mid-nineteenth…
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