 | James Kent - 1828 - 432 σελίδες
...growing in interest, as the value of water power is more and more felt in manufacturing establishments. Every proprietor of lands, on the banks of a river,...adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run. (currere $olebat) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to the prejudice... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1878 - 738 σελίδες
...(Vol. Ill, § 52), lays down these principles as to the former. Every proprietor of lands, he says, on the banks of a river, has naturally an equal right...stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run, without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice of other... | |
 | James Kent - 1832 - 536 σελίδες
...growing in interest, as the value of water power is more and more felt in manufacturing establishments. Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river,...solebat,) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor ha» a right to use the water, to the prejudice of other proprietors, abo,re or below him, unless he... | |
 | Charles James Gale, Thomas Denman Whatley - 1840 - 382 σελίδες
...principle governing this point is time stated by Chancellor Kent in his learned Commentaries (a): — " Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river has naturally nn equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont... | |
 | 1831 - 600 σελίδες
...that it will be of advantage to cite it at length. " Every proprietor of lands on the banks of the river, has naturally an equal right to the use of...adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run (currere soleoat), without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 1846 - 688 σελίδες
...case made. The difficulty is to apply the law. The natural rights of riparian owners are well defined. Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river, has naturally an equal right to tlie use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run, (airrerc... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1848 - 702 σελίδες
...Cowen'x, Rep.518. And see the valuable note on page 536. Every proprietor of lands, says Chancellor Kent, on the banks of a river, has, naturally, an equal...stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run, (currcre solebat,) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith - 1851 - 680 σελίδες
...on this subject is most perspicuously stated, and it will be of advantage to cite it at length : " Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river...stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run, (currerc solebat,) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water, to... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1852 - 668 σελίδες
...trench or ditch, if by so doing he works no injury to the rights of others. Every proprietor of land on the banks of a river has naturally an equal right...water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below, unless... | |
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... without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water... 
