Steese v. Mifflinburg Borough

Potter, P. J.,

Plaintiff lias been for about fifteen years, and is now, the owner of a grist-mill located in Buffalo Township, in Union County, along Buffalo Creek, from which stream he derives his water power for the operation of his said mill.

On or about April 1, 1898, the defendant tapped a tributary of the said Buffalo Creek, called the North Branch, and diverted a part of the waters thereof and conveyed the same into the Borough of Mifflinburg for domestic and municipal purposes, taking thereof as much as would flow through a ten-inch pipe.

The plaintiff contends that by this diversion of…