Holsman v. Boiling Spring Bleaching Co.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
This was a bill, filed by the widow and heirs of Daniel Holsman, deceased, to restrain the defendants from polluting a stream of water, which ran through the complainants’ land, by emptying into it the chemicals and other noxious substances used by defendants in their bleaching operations. The grounds on which the injunction was asked, on the one side, and resisted on the other, and the material facts of the case, fully appear in the opinion of the Chancellor.
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
This bill is filed by the widow and heirs-at-law of Daniel Holsman, deceased, to restrain the continuance of a private nuisance. The bill charges that, in the year 1836, Daniel Holsman purchased a farm of about two hundred acres, lying on the bank of the Passaic river, in the county of Bergen; that the farm was purchased with the view of making it the permanent residence of himself and his family; that he erected upon it a large and expensive mansion-house and made other improvements, at a cost of $75,000 above the price of the land; that at the time of the purchase there was a…
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