 | Grafton and Coös Bar Association - 1898 - 692 էջ
...owners of the adjoining land." As to private waters the law is stated by Chancellor Kent as follows : " Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river, has naturally an equal right to the use of water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run without diminution or... | |
 | Prince Edward Island. Supreme Court - 1885 - 558 էջ
...stated in Embry v. Owen ( 2 ) , to be correctly laid down in the following passage from Kent's Com. : "Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river...stream adjacent to his lands as it was wont to run (currere solebat) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 914 էջ
...of that which is common to all." "Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river," says Kent, " has naturally an equal right to the use of the water...stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run (eurrere tolebtit) without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1885 - 760 էջ
...Chancellor Kent, in his Commentaries, 3 Kent, 439. Every proprietor of lauds on the bank of a river has an equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream as it was wont to run, without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water... | |
 | 1886 - 848 էջ
...decisive answer to this question. They are thus stated by Chancellor Kent, with great precision: " Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river,...the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his land, as it was wont to run (currera solebat), without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has... | |
 | 1886 - 832 էջ
...Kent arrives, upon a consideration of all the authorities: " Every proprietor of lands on the hanks of a river, has naturally an equal right to the use...the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to flow (currere solebal), without diminution or alteration. Ho proprietor has a right to use the water... | |
 | John Norton Pomeroy - 1887 - 344 էջ
...language of Chancellor Kent is frequently cited, as embodying a terse and accurate statement of the rule: "Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river...stream adjacent to his lands as it was wont to run, (currcre sotebat,') without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to... | |
 | 1888 - 1042 էջ
...quantity, and quality is now well established. "Every proprietor oí lands on the banks of streams has naturally an equal right to the use of the water...which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands as it is wont to run, without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the... | |
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... solebat), 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... 
