COSTLEY v. LONG

41582.

112 Ga. App. 758 (1965)

146 S.E.2d 153

COSTLEY v. LONG.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hansell, Post, Brandon & Dorsey, Charles E. Watkins, Jr., Gary W. Hatch, for plaintiff in error.

Greer, Morris & Murray, Richard G. Greer, contra.


PANNELL, Judge.

1. "There can be no doubt as to the right of a landowner to divert or change the course of a stream flowing through his land, provided he returns it to its original or natural channel before it reaches the land of the lower owner." 56 Am. Jur. 504, Waters, § 14. See also 12 ALR 187; 36 LRA (NS) 1158; 41 LRA 743; LRA 1916F 1292. "Accordingly, one who changes the course of a stream must do so in such manner as not to injure, or unduly interfere...

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