Hankins v. Lawrence

This was an action of trespass quare clau-. sum fregit, brought by Hankins for breaking and entering his close, digging holes in the same, &c. Plea, that, at, &c., the defendant was an engineer in the employment of the White Water Valley Canal Company; that by virtue of their charter and in pursuance of their order, he entered the close' and took possession of an acre of land adjoining a certain lock and hydraulic power on the canal, situate, &c.; that said acre of land was and is necessary for a site for erecting, and propelling by water, a grist-mill, oil-mill, carding machine, and woolen…