Barret v. Hosmer

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Barret v. Hosmer

1 Root 271

DecidedMarch 15, 1791

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Barret v. Hosmer, 1 Root 271 (Colo. 1791).

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Opinion

By the Court.

Many of the ancient grants, made to individuals, of the privilege of erecting mills and dams, upon streams of water, are very general and have no lindtation, with respect to the height, they might raise the waters, and flow the country round; they are therefore to be restricted by reason and justice; a grantee by practice fixes limits to his own grant, which he may not afterwards overleap, to the prejudice of another.

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By the Court.

Many of the ancient grants, made to individuals, of the privilege of erecting mills and dams, upon streams of water, are very general and have no lindtation, with respect to the height, they might raise the waters, and flow the country round; they are therefore to be restricted by reason and justice; a grantee by practice fixes limits to his own grant, which he may not afterwards overleap, to the prejudice of another.

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1 Root 271, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/barret-v-hosmer-conn-1791.