Lyon v. Water Commissioners of Binghamton
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHinman, J.
The rights of the plaintiffs as riparian owners along the Susquehanna river in the city of Binghamton and as owners of a dam across said river at that place, are based upon and run back to an agreement between landowners on both sides of the stream and legislation of March 10, 1828, when certain predecessors in title of the plaintiffs erected the dam in question at their own expense and pursuant to legislative authority. The plaintiffs are now the conceded owners of the lands situated upon the north bank of the said river upon which the northerly abutment of the dam in question rests, their…
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- Fifield v. Spring Valley Water WorksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1900
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