Legal Opinion
Holyoke Water Power Co. v. American Writing Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 15, 1933No. 2851PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Massachusetts in an action at law to recover a sum alleged to be due as rental under a perpetual lease of a water power privilege on the Connecticut river at Hol-yoke, Mass.; trial by jury being waived.
The facts out of which the controversy arose are, as briefly as they may he stated, substantially as follows:
In 1859 the plaintiff acquired the water power privileges on the Connecticut river at Holyoke, consisting of a dam and three levels of canals, which it divided up into eighty or more units of sixteen-hour…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Winchester v. GlazierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Lilley v. Fifty AssociatesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Gethins v. BreeyearMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Otoe County Nat. Bank v. DelanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- The City of BangorDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1936
- Holyoke Water Power Co. v. American Writing Paper Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1935
- Holyoke Water Power Co. v. American Writing Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1936
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