Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a natural stream has a right to use the water, provided he so uses it as not to work any material injury to the rights of the proprietors above or below him on the stream, and may begin to exercise that right whenever he will.
[1857] EngR 132, (1857) 1 CB NS 590, (1857) 140 ER 242
Commonlii
England and Wales
Land
Updated: 26 January 2022; Ref: scu.289878