Case Name: Town of North Hempstead, Respondent, v. Louise H. Leeds, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1917-10
Citations: 180 A.D. 905
Docket Number: 
Parties: Town of North Hempstead, Respondent, v. Louise H. Leeds, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 905–905

Head Matter:
Town of North Hempstead, Respondent, v. Louise H. Leeds, Appellant.

Opinion:
It is concluded that the defendant has not title to the locus in quo, through herself or predecessors, by allotment, by grant, or by adverse possession, but that she has a prescriptive right to use the dam and its appliances for the purposes of the mill, to the degree that it has been operated, and to flood the locus in quo and draw the water therefrom for such purpose. The possession of the plaintiff is subject to that right, and the verdict should have so provided. A new trial is granted, with costs, except in this court, to abide the event, unless the plaintiff shall within twenty days stipulate to amend the verdict and judgment so as to protect the defendant's rights as indicated; in which event the judgment, as so modified, and the order are affirmed, without costs in this court. Jenks, P. J., Thomas, Stapleton, Rich and Blackmar, JJ., concurred.