The Law of WatercoursesBeard Books, 2000 - 424 pages |
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Page 433
... means of the same dam , entered into an indenture , in which , for themselves , their heirs & c . , respec- tively , they covenanted with each other , and their respective heirs & c . , that they would erect and use wheels of a certain ...
... means of the same dam , entered into an indenture , in which , for themselves , their heirs & c . , respec- tively , they covenanted with each other , and their respective heirs & c . , that they would erect and use wheels of a certain ...
Page 442
... means of which , a portion of the water was turned through guard - gates , placed between the pier and the shore , into a reservoir or pond , formed by the shore , and a side - dam parallel thereto , and this pond supplied a stone flume ...
... means of which , a portion of the water was turned through guard - gates , placed between the pier and the shore , into a reservoir or pond , formed by the shore , and a side - dam parallel thereto , and this pond supplied a stone flume ...
Page 444
... means of said stone flume , the quantity of water or power , which I now draw for the use of my grist - mill , and clothier's shop , and carding machine , and for my privilege below H. & L.'s paper - mill " & c . The defendants erected ...
... means of said stone flume , the quantity of water or power , which I now draw for the use of my grist - mill , and clothier's shop , and carding machine , and for my privilege below H. & L.'s paper - mill " & c . The defendants erected ...
Page 448
... means of a head wear , and flowing from thence through the lands of A. , down to B.'s mills , as appurtenant to the same ; B. erected upon other lands , below the lands of A. , and near the said watercourse , two other mills , whereby ...
... means of a head wear , and flowing from thence through the lands of A. , down to B.'s mills , as appurtenant to the same ; B. erected upon other lands , below the lands of A. , and near the said watercourse , two other mills , whereby ...
Page 454
... means above stated in the declaration , awarded that the defendants should , within four months , make and complete , in a workmanlike manner , an over- fall , or tumbling bay , for the discharge of the water of the river , at a ...
... means above stated in the declaration , awarded that the defendants should , within four months , make and complete , in a workmanlike manner , an over- fall , or tumbling bay , for the discharge of the water of the river , at a ...
Contents
Section 16 | 752 |
Section 17 | 756 |
Section 18 | 760 |
Section 19 | 761 |
Section 20 | 762 |
Section 21 | 763 |
Section 22 | 764 |
Section 23 | 765 |
Section 9 | 637 |
Section 10 | 667 |
Section 11 | 671 |
Section 12 | 675 |
Section 13 | 691 |
Section 14 | 702 |
Section 15 | 747 |
Section 24 | 766 |
Section 25 | 767 |
Section 26 | 769 |
Section 27 | 770 |
Section 28 | 771 |
Section 29 | 772 |
Common terms and phrases
42 Maine abate adjoining aforesaid alleged Allen assigns assumpsit authority award benefit canal cause channel cited claim Common Law compensation complaint Conn conveyed Court of Equity covenant Cush declaration deed defendant defendant's doctrine Dwinel easement eminent domain entitled erect a dam estoppel evidence executed flow the land flowing land grant grantor Gray Greenl head of water height held incorporeal hereditaments injunction injury interest judgment jury legislature liable Mass Massachusetts meadow ment mill act mill-dam mill-owner mill-site natural navigable river obstruction occasioned occupied overflowed owner of land parol license party Penn person Pick plaintiff plaintiff's land plaintiff's mill pond possession premises prescriptive right privilege public highway public nuisance purpose Railroad raise the water reasonable recover remedy repair right to flow riparian owner riparian proprietor SECT Smith Statute of Frauds sustained tenant thereby thereof Thunder Bay River tion trespass Veazie verdict water power watercourse Wend
Popular passages
Page 458 - But a license to hunt in a man's park, and carry away the deer killed to his own use ; to cut down a tree in a man's ground, and to carry it away the next day after to his own use, are licenses as to the acts of hunting and cutting down the tree, but as to the carrying away of the deer killed and tree cut down, they are grants.
Page 452 - ... and to order and determine what he should think fit to be done by the parties respecting the matters in dispute.
References to this book
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: Statesman of the Old Republic R. Kent Newmyer Limited preview - 1985 |