Whitney v. Wheeler Cotton Mills
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Three bills in equity, to regulate the water rights of certain owners of mill sites and privileges upon Mill Brook, the outlet of Singletary Pond, a great pond in Millbury. The cases were referred to a master, and, by the request of the parties, were reserved by Devens, J., for the consideration of the full court, upon the report of the master and the defendant’s exceptions thereto. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtC. Allen, J.
The several plaintiffs and the defendant are respectively the owners of mill sites and privileges upon Mill Brook, a stream which flows from Singletary Pond to the Blackstone River. The- defendant corporation owns the first or upper privilege. The plaintiffs own, respectively, as follows: the plaintiff Whitney owns the second privilege; the plaintiff Lap-ham, the third , and the plaintiff Rhodes, the fourth and seventh. The owners of the fifth and sixth privileges are not before us. The plaintiffs complain of the manner in which the defendant regulates and manages the flow of water from…
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