Lyon v. City of Binghamton

Defendant city appeals from a judgment of $155,001, besides costs and disbursements. The items of the damage are described:(1) $8,000, “ damages sustained by reason of the wrongful and unlawful acts of the defendant, its agents, officers and employees in diverting water of the Susquehanna river, causing a washing away or erosion of the plaintiff’s lands.”(2) $42,000, “ the amount of the plaintiff’s share or interest in and to the usable value of the Rockbottom Dam, the land upon which it stands, its appurtenances, pondage, and all rights thereunto belonging and all of which have been used and…