The Newtown bee., 1899-10-20

| 1u6 llbtlG nhmlSb OA NUEbNVIllS uA been all sgOg over legal controversy that concerns large share of the inhab itants of that quiet community. Som' time ago, 1t appears, the Baptist church decided to erect horse sheds on the banl of the Aspetuck river, claiming as thG writer understands, to have secured, thu consent of the seIectmen. They wert ordered to stop wei k on the foundationi by Carr Lyon, who claimed ownership having had & passage nearby to tht brook for watering his stock for years As no attention was paid to MT Lyons protest he invoked the aid of the courts and through Judge Addis, secured in junction papers which were Rerved, last week. If It comes to trial it promises tC be an interesting case. Following Is 8 copy of the legal papers served:
 To the Sheriff of the County of Litch' field, his deputy, or to either of the con- stables of the town of New Milford, in said County, Greeting:
 By authority of the State of Connecti- cut, you are hereby commanded to sum- mon the Worthwhile Baptist Church Soci- ety, of said New Milford, Walter 0. Hipe, Dwight W. Gregory, Walter D. l Soule, Rev Frank R4msey, Lee Stone and Francis E. Bald win, ali of the town of New Milford, and Chauncey l.. Camp, of the town of Kent, to appear before the Court of Common Pleas for Litch. field County, to be holden in and for said Litchfield County on the first Tuesday of November, 1899, then and there to answer unto Carr $. Lyon and Sarah E. Lyon his wife, both of said town of New Mill ford in a civil action wherein the plain tiffs complain and say:
 l. Ever since January l, 1884, the plaintiff, Sarah K. Lyon, has owned and nT1@ certain piece of land in said town of New Milford, at Worthwhile, so called, bounded northerly on land the name of whose owner is unknown to the plaintiff easterly on the East Aspetuck river, souLherly on land of William B. Keogsn and westerly on highway, containing about 20 square rods of lane, more or less.
 2. On the northerly end of said piece of land is natural watt ring place in said river where the plaintiffs and those from whom they derived title have from time immemorial watered their cattle, horses and other live stock, and which watering place is invaluable to said piece of land and 8 necessary adjunct thereto.
 3. Said East Aspetuck river is 8 natural stream and has from time imme- morial run slODg over and beside the plaintiffs said premises in it's natural course, and would continue so to do were it not for the wrongful acts of the defen- dants committed in the past and threat ened in the future, as hereinafter set forth.
 1. On or about the 26th day of Septem- ber, 1898, both ID the day and night season, the defendants entered on said land of the plaintiffs, dug trench tbr 1ugh said I land of the plaintiffs and laid 8 pipe therein leading from said natural water | iug place to the Baptist church in said l Worthwhile, situated nearly opposite l thereto, without the consent or permis- sion of the plaintiffs and against their | protests and threaten and intend to here- after maintain said pipe and use the same on said land.
 5. The defendants, with their servants and agents, on the 18th and 18th days of September, 1899, entt red on the said land ! of the plaintiff, and have dumped and deposited thereon large quantity of rock and are laying the same into 8 stone wall or foundation, portion upon the land of the owner of which is unknown to the plaintiffs and portion in the channel of the said East Aspetuck river, and threaten and intend to continue lay. ing said wall, all of which is against the protests of the plaintiffs; and the said defendants threaten and intend to erect I on said wall a building containing g number of horse sheds.
 6. Said wall, if so erected and finished l will divert the waters of said river from cut of the customary and usual channel and turn the same away from and around said watering place, and said horse sheds if erected on said land, will cause tht pollution of the water of and in said wa tering place.
 2. By reason of the wrongful acts O the defendants as hereinbefore set forti the plaintiffs have been and will be de prived Of the use of their said land, ant will be deprived of the use of their sait watering place, and will be irreparabl! jured without the aid of this Honorabl Court.
 8. The plaintiffs ara without aClequat remedy at law. The plaintiffs claim:
 l. An ir junction restr raining the de } fendants from further erecting said wal or horse sheds and from using or takin the water of said watering Ilace.
 3. $200 damages.
 Plaintiffs are found to be pecuniaril able to pay all costs, etc.
 1 Of this writ, with your dOings thereon
 make due return.
 Dated at New Milford, this Both day c September, 1899 T John F. Addis, Jul tjce of the Peace.
 State of Connecticut, County of Litct
 field. N
 Personally appeared Carr s. Lyon an
 Sarah E. Lyon, the plaintiffs in th
 above action, and made solemn oath ths
 the allegations contained in the fors
 going complaint are true, except as the matters alleged to be upon informs } tion and belief, and that they believ a those matters to be true.-[Carr s. Lyol Sarah E Lyon.
 Subscribed and sworn before me tn 305h day of September, 1S99.-[ John ' Addis, Justice of the Peace.
 } Carr s. Lyon and Sarah k. Lyon ' A The Worthwhile Baptist Church Societ and others. Court of Common Plea Litchfield, Fir3t Tuesday of Novembe 1899. .... State of Connecticut, County of Litct & field, ss: Torrington, October 10, 1S9 } Whereas the original complaint in u D above entitled cause, containing the d D mand for an injuuction, and the san < duly verified by osths of the said Carr
 Lyon and Sarah K. Lyon, the plaintiff has been duly presented to me, the u
 dersigned Judge of the Court of Commt
 Pleas for Litcbfleld County, with an 8
 plication fl T temporary injunction, al
 she undt rsigned judge Is of the opinit
 that the Injunction prayed for sho Id
 granted forthwith and without any bol
 being required of the plaintiffs.
 Now, therefore, ordered that you, 6
 said Ncr.hville Baptist Church Soeiet
 Walter 0, Hine, Dwight ". GregeI
 WalEer D. Saule, Frank Ramsey, L
 Stone, Francis K. Bald win aHd Channc
 L. Camp, and each and every one of yt
 and your servants, agents and employ
 are hereby strictly commanded and {
 IjoIned under penalty of &1000 that y
 do from henceforth absolutely desisE g
 refrain from entering upon the land