Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. A. C. Allen & Sons
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Prince Edward county. Decree for complainants. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The facts of this case .are as follows: Prior to 1901 the railroad company had been taking water from Lockett’s creek with a pump having a five-inch intake and four-inch discharge pipe. About 1901 or 1902 it changed the location of its tank and pumping-station, and also increased the pipes connected with the pump, so as to have a six-inch intake and five-inch discharge pipe. In 1901 the Allens bought a mill site on the creek below the pumping-station and erected thereon and equipped a mill for grinding wheat and com, and sawing lumber. It is not claimed that the water taken from the creek at…
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