The right to the use of water rests on clear and settled principles. Prima facie, the proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every proprietor has an equal right... The penny cyclopędia [ed. by G. Long]. - Pagina 110door Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| John Smith Furlong - 1845 - 830 pagina’s
...of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream (usque ad medium jilum aqua:), but there is no property in the water : every proprietor...water which flows in the stream ; and consequently, no proprietor can have the right to use the water to (0 Ligg ns v. Inge, 7 Bing. 682 ; 5 (p) Liggins v.... | |
| George Crabb - 1846 - 842 pagina’s
...(*) 1 S. & St. 190. VOL. I. AA HEREDITAMENTS. INCORPOREAL proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every...water which flows in the stream, and consequently no proprietor can have a right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1848 - 702 pagina’s
...learned judge,) the proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream ; but there is no property in the water. Every...which flows in the Stream ; and, consequently, no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor, without the... | |
| 1849 - 496 pagina’s
...that the proprietor of' each bank of a stream is the proprietor of one-half of the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every...consequently no one can have the right to use the water to tin: prejudice of any other without his consent. No proprietor can either diminish the quantity of... | |
| David Gibbons - 1849 - 480 pagina’s
...proprietor of land on each bank of a stream is prima facie entitled to half the land covered by the stream, but there is no property in the water. Every...water which flows in the stream, and, consequently, no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. No proprietor... | |
| Charles James Gale - 1849 - 552 pagina’s
...the proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, bat there is no property in the water. Every proprietor...water which flows in the stream, and consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the... | |
| 1849 - 506 pagina’s
...land is entitled to the reasonable use of it as it runs by his land. " And consequently no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor. Without the consent of the other proprietors who may be affected by kis operations, no... | |
| New York (State). Court of Chancery, William T. McCoun - 1851 - 810 pagina’s
...proprietor of each bank of a stream is the proprietor of half the land covered by the stream, but that there is no property in the water. Every proprietor...which flows in the stream ; and, consequently, no proprietor can have the right to use the water to the prejudice of any other proprietor, without the... | |
| |