WG2743/1-33

Legal papers: William Stuart v Edmund Powers, George Race and Thomas James Hooper. [Details given] Case dismissed: against defendants; plaintiff to pay costs. [See also plan WG 2749]

1876 – 1884

From: 1876 To: 1884

Details given: Plaintiff: recites WG 2726; Henry Blows erected Tempsford mill on site; mill vested in Charles Powers (died 1873), defendants his residuary legatees; lessees responsible for repairing breaches in banks and dams - 2 breaches occurred in December 1882, when defendants refused to repair them. Plaintiff claims: (a) Injuction to defendants not to maintain excessive head of water at mill (b) Defendants to be ordered to repair breaches and to pay damages. Defendants: subsequent to erection of mill, Ivel Commissioners constructed new cut from Blunham common to Tempsford mill; Ivel Navigation Abandonment Act,1876, lands sold to be kept in repair by purchasers – land sold to plaintiff; breaches occurred in new cut, not in property covered by lease.

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Stuart, William,
Powers, Edmund,
Race, George,
Hooper, Thomas James,
Blows, Henry,
Powers, Charles,
Ivel Navigation Commissioners

Ivel river navigation, River Ivel, legal papers, lawsuits, Tempsford Mill, non-agricultural leases, water mills, TEMPSFORD, BLUNHAM