Legal Opinion

Haldiman v. Overton

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided January 5, 1922PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal in Chancery. Bill for an injunction. Heard on the pleadings and facts found by the Chancellor after the December Term, 1920, Bennington County, Chase, Chancellor. Decree for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed. The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtSlack, J.

The defendant takes the water that he uses at his dwelling house and for other domestic purposes from a spring located on plaintiff’s land. The plaintiff seeks by injunction to prevent or limit defendant’s use of said water.

The parties derive title to their respective lands from a common owner, Seth P. Sykes, who owned the land now owned by both parties from October, 1868, to December 26, 1874, when he and his wife conveyed part of it, being the pasture where this spring is located and the meadow across which the aqueduct is *480laid, to G-. S. Utley and others. The deed to Utley contained a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Dee v. KingSupreme Court of Vermont · 1905
  2. International Paper Co. v. Bellows Falls Canal Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1917
  3. Cram v. ChaseSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1913
  4. Phillips v. CutlerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1915
  5. Smith's Exr. v. JonesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1912

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sheldon Slate Products Co. v. KurjiakaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1964
  2. City of Lynchburg v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
  3. Zimmerman v. Union Paving Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. In re Estate of HardingSupreme Court of Vermont · 2005
  5. Sackett v. O'BrienNew York Supreme Court · 1964

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