International Paper Co. v. Bellows Falls Canal Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal in Chancery. Heard, on demurrer to the bill, at the April Term, 1913, Windham County, Taylor, Chancellor. Demurrer overruled, strictly pro forma, bill taken as confessed*.. and decree for the orator. The defendant- appealed. The opinion states-the ease. . • ■ The bill is maintainable .as in the nature of “a bill of the peace.” -1 Pom. Eq. Jur. 273; Lovett v. Prentice, 44 Fed. 459; Collins v. Barksdale, 23 G-a. 602; N. T. <& N. H. B. B. Co. v. Schoyler, 1 Abb.
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Appeal in Chancery. Heard, on demurrer to the bill, at the April Term, 1913, Windham County, Taylor, Chancellor. Demurrer overruled, strictly pro forma, bill taken as confessed*.. and decree for the orator. The defendant- appealed. The opinion states-the ease. . • ■ The bill is maintainable .as in the nature of “a bill of the peace.” -1 Pom. Eq. Jur. 273; Lovett v. Prentice, 44 Fed. 459; Collins v. Barksdale, 23 G-a. 602; N. T. <& N. H. B. B. Co. v. Schoyler, 1 Abb. Prae. 417; Notes, 1 Pom. Eq. Jur. (3rd ed.) §§256, 257, 260, 261. The bill is also maintainable to prevent a multiplicity of…
1Opinion of the CourtHaselton, J.
This is a bill in chancery, and came on for hearing upon demurrer to the bill. A decree was rendered, strictly pro forma, overruling the demurrer, adjudging the bill sufficient; and granting the orators the relief prayed for in the bill. The proceedings being pro forma, it was agreed that if the ruling below was sustained the decree should be reversed pro forma that further proceedings might be had.
The case made by the bill is this: The defendant is the owner in fee of a water power property consisting of a dam across ■the Connecticut river extending from Rockingham in Yermont to Walpole in…
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