Beissell v. Sholl
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- Blanchard v. Baker (Me. 1832)
- Binney's Case (Maryland Chancery Ct 1829)
- Philips v. Stocket (Tennessee Superior Court for Law and Equity 1806)
- Merritt v. Parker (N.J. 1795)
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Opinion
Beissell
versus
Sholl.[(1)]
Wagoner
versus
Same.
Supreme Court of United States.
CASE, for diverting a water course. The COURT left the facts to the jury, under this general statement of the law: "That every man, in this country, has an unquestionable right, "to erect a mill upon his own land; and to use the water, passing "through his land, as he pleases: subject only to this limitation, "that his mill must not be so constructed and employed, "as to injure his neighbour's mill; and that, after using the "water, he returns the stream to its ancient channel."
NOTES
[(1)] Tried in the Circuit Court, Northampton county, June 1800, before SHIPPEN, C.J. and YEATES, J.
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