Case Name: Nichols v. Pixly
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1789-08
Citations: 1 Root 129
Docket Number: 
Parties: Nichols v. Pixly.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 129–129

Head Matter:
Nichols v. Pixly.
A license from tlie town to erect a mill dam, no justification in an action for a private nuisance.
Action of the case for a. nuisance in Poqnánnoek river, etc. by erecting a grist mill and dam, etc. Not guilty to the jury.
The defendant relied much upon a license, which he had obtained from the town of Stratford, in whose, bounds said stream and dam is, to erect said mill and dam.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The license, however it may estop the town from proceeding against the dam as a common nuisance, it can be no excuse or justification for an injury dono to private property. And verdict and judgment was for the plaintiff.