Sisters of St. Joseph Corp. v. Atlas Sand, Gravel & Stone Co.

The essential facts as alleged in the complaint amplified by the finding may be summarized as follows: The plaintiff owns real property located in West Hartford west of Prospect Avenue and the defendants own parcels located east of that avenue. A brook runs in an easterly direction across the land of the plaintiff in an open channel, under Prospect Avenue through a culvert erected by the town, and formerly ran thence across the land of the defendant the Chapel Company, and then across the land of the named defendant. The Atlas Company acquired its land in 1913 or 1914, commenced to fill it…