Schoff v. Upper Connecticut River & Lake Improvement Co.
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Cobs Circuit Court. Petition, setting forth that,[by an act of the legislature of this state, approved July 1,1863, James M. Hilliard and others were made a body corporate by the name of the Upper Connecticut River and Lake Improvement Company, with the right to erect and maintain across said river and upon said lake such dams, piers, and other arrangements for holding and distributing water as might facilitate the rafting, driving, and securing lumber upon said river…
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From Cobs Circuit Court. Petition, setting forth that,[by an act of the legislature of this state, approved July 1,1863, James M. Hilliard and others were made a body corporate by the name of the Upper Connecticut River and Lake Improvement Company, with the right to erect and maintain across said river and upon said lake such dams, piers, and other arrangements for holding and distributing water as might facilitate the rafting, driving, and securing lumber upon said river and lake ; that said company, under and by virtue of said charter, have built and maintained, and still do maintain, a…
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I am also of opinion that the petition should not be dismissed for any of the causes alleged by the defendants. If any more specific allegations were desirable, they might have been easily supplied by amendment on motion of either the plaintiff or the defendants, were it made to appear that they were necessary to a fair and proper trial of the matter in controversy before the committee.
The report of the committee ought doubtless to state, and describe very carefully, not only the property in respect of which damage is given but also to contain as accurate a description of the right which the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town v. FaulknerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1875