Watson v. French
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Bill sustained with costs. Perpetual injunction to issue. Decree accordingly. This is a bill in equity, praying for an injunction to prevent the defendant, on his own land, from severing the connection of plaintiff with certain water pipes and the flow of water through them of the Houlton Water Company to the stable of the plaintiff. The defendant filed an answer to the bill and the plaintiff filed a replication.
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On report. Bill sustained with costs. Perpetual injunction to issue. Decree accordingly. This is a bill in equity, praying for an injunction to prevent the defendant, on his own land, from severing the connection of plaintiff with certain water pipes and the flow of water through them of the Houlton Water Company to the stable of the plaintiff. The defendant filed an answer to the bill and the plaintiff filed a replication. The cause was reported under the stipulation following; Questions of law having arisen of sufficient importance or doubt to justify the same, and the parties agreeing…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
The rights of the parties in this case are to be determined by the construction of a certain deed given by Albion P. Heywood to the plaintiff on June 13,,1893. Prior to that time the premises of both the plaintiff and defendant belonged to Heywood, the common grantor, who on that date conveyed the rear portion with a stable thereon to the plaintiff, and retained the front portion with the opera house thereon adjoining Court Street. The plaintiff was also granted the right in common with Heywood and others ‘ ‘to use said passage way along the north side of said George Cary’s lot and also the…
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