Dimmock v. City of New London

The plaintiffs, who are riparian owners along the course of Harris Brook and one of its source streams known as Fraser Brook, in Salem, instituted this action to enjoin the defendant from diverting water from a branch of Fraser Brook and to recover damages for the diversion already made.

The finding, with the addition of such admitted and undisputed facts as the plaintiffs are entitled to have included, establishes the following facts material to the issues on this appeal: The defendant, the city of New London, owns a large tract of land east of route 85 and south of Forsythe Boad in Salem. On…