Parks v. City of Newburyport
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Parks v. City of Newburyport, 76 Mass. 28 (Mass. 1857)
Parks v. City of Newburyport
Opinion of the Court
The declaration is for obstructing a watercourse, and the instruction allowed the jury to find for the plaintiff, though there was no watercourse. No action will lie for the interruption of mere surface drainage. Luther v. Winnisinimet Co. 9 Cush. 171. Ashley v. Wolcott, 11 Cush. 192.
Exceptions sustained.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Solomon Parks v. City of Newburyport
- Status
- Published