Carlisle v. Cooper
New Jersey Court of Chancery
This cause was argued upon the pleadings and proofs, at a special term, held at Morristown, in July, 1868. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The object of this suit is to abate an injury or nuisance in overflowing the lands of the complainants, by back water, occasioned by the dam of the defendant; also to ascertain and settle the height at which the defendant is entitled to maintain his dam, or to back the water upon the land of the complainants.
That this court has jurisdiction for both these objects, was settled in a decision in this cause upon a motion to dismiss the bill, which was, by consent of parties, argued and de-, *258cided, as if the question had been raised upon a demurrer to the bill.
The evidence has been…
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