ADAMS v. GREENWICH WATER CO.


138 Conn. 205 (1951)

ELSIE B. ADAMS ET AL. v. THE GREENWICH WATER COMPANY

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Arthur Countryman, Jr., and John N. Cole, with whom was Walter N. Maguire, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

William C. Strong, with whom, on the brief, was Alfred T. Chabot, of the New York bar, for the appellee (defendant).

BROWN, C. J., JENNINGS, BALDWIN, INGLIS and O'SULLIVAN, JS.


INGLIS, J.

The plaintiffs, who are riparian owners along the Mianus River in Greenwich, instituted this action to enjoin the defendant from diverting, and from attempting to take by condemnation, any of the waters of that stream. The defendant filed a cross complaint claiming a declaratory judgment determining whether it has the right to condemn the water rights although part of the benefits may accrue to inhabitants of Port Chester, New York.

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