Brown v. Illius
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action on the case for a nuisance, tried to the jury oh the general issue at the term of the superior court holden in the county of New Haven, in December, 1856. The plaintiffs owned and conducted an extensive manufacturing establishment in the town of Waterbury, having on their premises a large well which supplied water for a steam engine, and for the use of their workmen.
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Action on the case for a nuisance, tried to the jury oh the general issue at the term of the superior court holden in the county of New Haven, in December, 1856. The plaintiffs owned and conducted an extensive manufacturing establishment in the town of Waterbury, having on their premises a large well which supplied water for a steam engine, and for the use of their workmen. While the plaintiffs were so owning and occupying the premises, the defendant purchased a contiguous lot and erected gas works thereon in close proximity to the building and well of the plaintiffs, and proceeded to…
1Opinion of the CourtStorrs, C. J.
This case comes before us on a motion for a newtrial,on the ground that the verdictis unsustained by the evidence, and for error in the charge of the court to the jury. We are satisfied that the verdict is sufficiently supported by the evidence, and that a new trial should not be granted upon this part of the motion. And the charge of the court, with perhaps a single exception, is obviously correct, and deals only with well settled principles of law, of very common application. A majority of us, however, are not entirely satisfied that the judge laid down the law correctly as to the…
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