 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Nicholas Simons, John Stuart - 1824 - 678 pages
...the consent of tbe other Proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no Proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water, which would otherwise...nor throw the water back upon the Proprietors above. Every Proprietor who claims a right either to throw the water back above, or to d1minish the quantity... | |
 | James Stewart - 1831 - 754 pages
...the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water, which would otherwise...nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above. Every proprietor who claims to be entitled to throw the water back above, or to diminish the quantity... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 536 pages
...Though he may use the water while it runs over his land, he cannot unreasonably detain it, or give it another direction, and he must return it to its ordinary...when it leaves his estate. Without the consent of (he adjoining proprietors, he cannot divert or diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench - 1833 - 1054 pages
...the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise...nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above. Every proprietor, who claims a right either to throw the water back above, or to diminish the quantity... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1833 - 1020 pages
...the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise...nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above. Every proprietor, who claims a right either to throw the water back above, or to diminish the quantity... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1838 - 838 pages
...consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either dimmish the quantity of water which would otherwise descend...nor throw the water back upon the proprietors above. Every proprietor who claims a right either to throw the water back above, or to diminish the quantity... | |
 | Solomon Atkinson - 1839 - 708 pages
...the consent of the other proprietors, who may be affected by his operations. No proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water which would otherwise...descend to the proprietors below, nor throw the water hack on the proprietors above. Every proprietor who claims a right either to throw the water back,... | |
 | Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill - 1839 - 906 pages
...consent of the oilier proprietors, who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water, which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, or throw the water back upon the proprietors above." (Per Sir J. Leach, Vice Ch. in Wright v. Howard,... | |
 | Charles James Gale, Thomas Denman Whatley - 1840 - 382 pages
...Though he may use the water while it runs over his land, he cannot unreasonably detain it, or give it another direction, and he must return it to its ordinary...otherwise descend to the proprietors below, nor throw theiwater back upon the proprietors above, without a grant, or an uninterrupted enjoyment of twenty... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1841 - 522 pages
...the consent of the other proprietors who may be affected by his operations, no proprietor can either diminish the quantity of water, which would otherwise descend to the proprietors below, or throw the water back upon the proprietors above. Every proprietor who claims a right either to throw... | |
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Aqua currit et debet currere is the language of the law. Though he may use the water while it runs over his land, he cannot unreasonably detain it, or give it another direction, and he must return it to its ordinary channel when it leaves his estate. 
