Blair v. City of Groton

Plaintiff, the owner of 160 acres of land contiguous to defendant’s corporate boundaries, brought this action to recover damages occasioned during a series of years by the negligence of the defendant in permitting the water from its artesian well to flow upon, submerge, and destroy the usefulness of one-half the entire tract in the manner set forth ill his complaint, as follows: “That the said well was constructed by said defendant for its own use for fire protection, and to obtain a supply of water for said city, and defendant has ever since and during the last six years maintained said…