51-9-8. Interference with underground streams.

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The course of a stream of water underground and its exact condition before its first use are so difficult of ascertainment that trespass may not be brought for any supposed interference with the rights of a proprietor.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2961; Code 1868, § 2968; Code 1873, § 3019; Code 1882, § 3019; Civil Code 1895, § 3880; Civil Code 1910, § 4476; Code 1933, § 105-1408.

Law reviews

For article, ‘‘Water Rights, Public Resources, and Private Commodities: Examining the Current and Future Law Governing the Allocation of Georgia Water,’’ see 38 Ga. L. Rev. 1009 (2004).

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