Cook v. Town of Mebane

The complaint of plaintiffs is two-fold: (1) That defendant diverted water from Mill Creek which flowed through their land and damaged their land and mill site; (2) that after taking the water from Mill Creek for municipal purposes that below this intake the defendant emptied its sewerage into Susan Mebane Branch, which flowed into Mill Creek and damaged -their land and mill site. Defendant both diverted and polluted the water that ran through plaintiffs’ land to their damage.

Defendant denied that there was any appreciable amount of water taken or sewage disposal that emptied into the stream…