Melin v. Richman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to restrain the defendants from collecting water upon their premises and discharging the same upon the adjoining property of the plaintiff, and for damages, brought to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Booth, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for an injunction and $300 damages as against Dora Richman, from which she appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtCurtis, J.
The jury found that the defendant Dora Richman owned the premises complained of, and hence the defendant Isaac Richman may be disregarded,
The complaint contains three counts; the first relates to the alleged artificial collection of rainwater by gutters and leaders upon the roof of a house of the defendant, and the discharge of it in great and injurious quantities upon the adjoining land of the plaintiff; the remaining counts relate to water otherwise collected upon the defendant’s land and discharged upon the adjoining land of the plaintiff.
This appeal relates solely to alleged errors in the…
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