New York Court of Appeals

Elizabeth G. Chipman, Appellant v. John Palmer, Respondent

April 8, 187977 N.Y. 51

Summary

The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment, holding that a party who independently pollutes a stream is liable only for damages caused by his own discharge and not for the entire injury caused by the combined acts of multiple polluters; the rental value of the premises was affirmed as the proper measure of damages.