Townsend v. Bell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Ulster county. Action by William H. Townsend against Winslow M. Bell and Arthur E. Bell. Judgment, from which defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtHerrick, J.
This is an action brought by the.plaintiff against the defendants for damages claimed to have been suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the defendants’ polluting and discoloring a stream of water which flowed by and in front of plaintiff’s premises. The defendants are the owners and operators of a plush factory situated upon a stream, and at a short distance above the premises of the plaintiff. Upon defendants’ premises is a pond ■constructed more than 20 years ago by a former proprietor of said premises. The defendants used the water of this pond in operating their factory, drawing the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Herman v. . RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Merrifield v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- Prentice v. . GeigerNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- Baumann v. . PinckneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Bullard v. Saratoga Victory Manufacturing Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1879
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- Townsend v. BellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899