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LAKE WILLIAMS BEACH ASSN. v. GILMAN BROS. CO.

(11995)

197 Conn. 134 (1985)

LAKE WILLIAMS BEACH ASSOCIATION ET AL. v. GILMAN BROTHERS COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released August 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Cooper, with whom were Frank B. Cochran, and, on the brief, Linda Francois, for the appellants (plaintiffs).

Edmund W. O'Brien, with whom was George Gilman, for the appellees (defendants).

PETERS, C. J., DANNEHY, CALLAHAN, MENT and M. HENNESSEY, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether lowering the level of an artificial lake to compensate for the inadequate design of a dam constitutes a reasonable use of water rights. The plaintiffs, owners of real property fronting on the shore of Lake Williams in Lebanon, brought suit to enjoin the defendants, a dam owner and its lessee, from unreasonably drawing down the lake. The trial court held for the...

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