Ottaquechee Woolen Co. v. Newton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Bill in Chancery. Heard on bill, answer, traverse, and testimony, December Term, 1883, Rowell, Chancellor. Bill dismissed.
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Bill in Chancery. Heard on bill, answer, traverse, and testimony, December Term, 1883, Rowell, Chancellor. Bill dismissed. The bill was dated January 24, 1882. It was alleged, that the complainant, the Ottaquechee Woolen Company, was a corporation, organized October 19, 1874, and existing at Hartland, for the purpose of carrying on the business of manufacturing woolen goods at said Hartland in this State; that, at or about said date, for said purpose, the complainant purchased certain real estate, water power, water rights, and machinery, situated in the village of North Hartland, near the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J.
The grounds stated in the bill upon which the orators predicate their claim for relief are, that the defendants are about to erect a dam across the Connecticut river at a place known as Sumner's Falls, about two miles below the mouth of Ottaquechee river, upon which the mill of the orators is situate, and that the dam so to be erected will throw the water back upon the wheel which propels the machinery in their mill, thus impeding its motion and lessening its power. The prayer is for an injunction against the erection of said dam.
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