New York Court of Appeals

Benajah Comstock, Respondent v. William P. Johnson and Parley Johnson, Appellants

December 12, 187146 N.Y. 615

Summary

The Court affirmed the injunction preventing the defendants from withholding water needed for the plaintiff's mill, holding that the water grant measured quantity, not limited to specific machinery, and modified the judgment to enjoin the plaintiff from operating a buzz saw on the defendants' land, which exceeded his easement.