Boyer v. Village of Little Falls
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Village of Little Falls, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Herkimer on the 21st day of May, 1895, upon the report of a referee. The judgment was for $2,564.40, damages and costs. The action was brought to recover damages for an alleged trespass in destroying the water privileges and works of the plaintiff in the village of Little Falls.
1Opinion of the Court
Ward, J.:
The plaintiff in her complaint alleged she was the owner of certain springs of water situate in and near the village of Little Falls, and a system of water works leading from said springs into the said village, consisting of logs and other conduits and penstocks by which the inhabitants of Little Falls, or a large portion thereof, were *3supplied by the plaintiff with pure, wholesome water from said springs, and from which she derived a large revenue, in the sum of about $1,200 annually ; that on or about the 1st day of May, 188'f, the'defendant by its agents wrongfully and unlawfully…
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