Williams v. Elting Woolen Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill in Equity, praying for an injunction against the further prosecution by the respondents of a petition under the flowage act.
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Bill in Equity, praying for an injunction against the further prosecution by the respondents of a petition under the flowage act. The bill alleged that the petitioner was the owner of a valuable water privilege and of the factory buildings connected therewith, situated on the Yantic River, in the village of Yantic in the town of Norwich ; that the factory and all the water privileges connected therewith were leased for a term of years to E, Winslow Williams, the son of the petitioner, who was in possession of and operating and improving the same ; that being desirous of obtaining greater…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The petitioner seeks to have the question determined by a court of equity whether his interest in certain lands can be taken by the respondents in the proceedings they have instituted under the flowage act against E. W. Williams, in whom was the legal title to these lands at the time the proceedings were brought, but which was soon after-wards conveyed to the petitioner. If the facts stated in his petition are sufficient to maintain his case in a court of chancery, it is difficult to see why the petitioner cannot successfully defend in the case already pending.
Sometimes a party is driven into…
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