Halltown Paperboard Co. v. C. L. Robinson Corp.

Caplan, President:

Halltown Paperboard Company, the plaintiff in this proceeding, owns and operates a manufacturing plant on Flow ing Spring Run which flows in an easterly direction in Jefferson County, West Virginia. In the operation of its business the plaintiff, hereinafter referred to as Halltown, uses the water from the stream upon which it is located. The defendant, The C. L. Robinson Corporation, herein called Robinson, owns and operates a farm and orchard which are situate on Flowing Spring Run approximately one mile West of Halltown. Thus, both parties are riparian owners along this…