| Description | Case brought before Yorkshire Lent Assizes 1811 between Joshua Hirst of the Hagg in Hopton in Mirfield Yorkshire, proprietor and occupier of a fulling and scribbling mill at or near Ledgard Bridge in Mirfield v. Thomas Walker and Samuel Walker and John Pilling and William Pilling. The papers include:
A notice, 1810;
Plaintiff's brief maintaining that the defendants have created a weir across the river Calder below the plaintiff's mill thereby obstructing the water from flowing down as previously to the plaintiff's injury;
Legal opinion, 1811;
Copy declaration, jottings etc and note of verdict for plaintiff. |