ABSTRACT

IN Assumpfit the Plaintiff declares, where T.S. and M. his Wife were seised to them, and the Heirs of T. of five Acres of Meadow lying near a River called W—River ; and being so seised, by Indenture let the same to the Plaintiff for 21 Years, by Force whereof he was possessed; the Defendant such a Day erected a Water-mill super & trans the said River; by Reason. whereof obstupavit the Water, so that the Water overflowed the Banks, and inundavit the said five Acres of Meadow, by which they became barren, and scirposæ ad damnum, &c.