Legal Opinion
Manning v. Woodlawn Cemetery Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 1923PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This suit in equity, to restrain the defendant from discharging surface water upon the land of the plaintiff, was heard in the Superior Court. A decree was entered ordering an injunction to issue, restraining the plaintiff from allowing or causing surface water from its land to be collected in artificial streams or channels, so that it flows into or discharges on land of the plaintiff.
A landowner has no right to collect surface water into artificial channels and discharge it on the land of another. *252Jackman v. Arlington Mills, 137 Mass. 277. Fitzpatrick v. Welch, 174 Mass. 486. Mahoney v.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackman v. MillsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Skehill v. AbbottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
- Manning v. Woodlawn Cemetery Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Newman v. NewmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Fitzpatrick v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Berlandi v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Fortier v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Chesarone v. Pinewood Builders, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Walsh v. District Court of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Manning v. Woodlawn Cemetery Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
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