Taft v. Bridgeton Worsted Co.

The allegations in the declaration in substance are that the plaintiffs are the owners of a parcel of land upon which there is a pond, “ the flowage rights in which are claimed and alleged to be owned ” by the defendant; “ that the said defendant maintains and uses exclusively in connection with and for the operation of its mill for the manufacture of textile fabrics a certain dam to maintain said flowage for the said operation of said mill; ” that the cutting and harvesting of ice by them (the plaintiffs) “on or about January 13, 1919, and at any and all times during the season of ice…