Finch, Pruyn & Co. v. State

Claimant is the owner and occupant of lands situated on the north bank of the Hudson river in the city of Glens Falls, upon which it maintains and operates a mill and plant for the manufacture of pulp and paper. Opposite claimant’s property is a natural fall in the river of about thirty-fivé feet; and across the river, at. the head of such fall, claimant in conjunction with the owner of the land on the opposite bank of the river, maintains a dam whereby it diverts waters of the river into its manufacturing plant and uses such waters to produce power by which its plant is in part operated.…