CAIRO PICKLE CO. v. MUGGRIDGE

16838.

206 Ga. 80 (1949)

55 S.E.2d 562

CAIRO PICKLE COMPANY et al. v. MUGGRIDGE et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 12, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cain & Smith, for plaintiffs in error.

Louis H. Foster, contra.


WYATT, Justice.

1. "Running water, while on land, belongs to the owner of the land, but he has no right to divert it from the usual channel, nor may he so use or adulterate it as to interfere with the enjoyment of it by the next owner." Code, § 85-1301.

The owner of land is entitled to the use of water of a nonnavigable stream flowing through his land. Several lower riparian landowners have such a community of interest that they may join in a petition...

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