Forman v. Ford

The Chancellor.

The complainant is the owner of a farm or tract of land situate in Christiana Hundred, containing about one hundred and ten acres, through which a natural stream of water, known as Silver Brook, flowed until it emptied into another stream in said Hundred, known and commonly called Mill Creek; which creek finally discharges its waters into the Christiana Eiver, in said county.

The present and prior owners and tenants of said farm have from time immemorial used and enjoyed the waters of said stream called “Silver Brook” in their natural, pure, and unadulterated condition, for…