Vermont Valley Railroad v. Connecticut River Power Co.

The plaintiff is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of this State. It owns a line of railroad which runs southerly from the village of Bellows Falls to the village of Brattleboro, and is built much of the way near the west bank of the Connecticut River. Some time prior to 1920 the defendant built a dam across this river south of the village of Brattleboro, which it has maintained to the present time. The west' end of such dam is in the town of Vernon, Vermont, and the east end is in the town of Hinsdale, New Hampshire. In maintaining and operating such dam the water of…