Gorham v. City of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages alleged to have been caused by the pollution of a stream flowing through the plaintiff’s dairy farm, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before JRoraback, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,300, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The complaint, dated August 20th, 1904, contained originally but, one count. The second count was added by amendment April 28th, 1905.
The first count as amended alleges, in substance, that ever since November 7th, 1899, the defendant has polluted a stream running across the plaintiff’s dairy farm, by depositing therein the sewage from the “ Springside Home,” where the poor of New Haven are kept, and from the washhouse and piggery connected therewith, whereby the plaintiff has been unable to use his farm for pasturage purposes and has been deprived of the benefit of it, and on account of which…
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