Legal Opinion
Roughton v. THIELE KAOLIN COMPANY
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 24, 1953No. 18083PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler) Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) While' the petition was, before amendment, subject to some of the grounds of special demurrer, we do not think it was subject to general demurrer. Riparian proprietors have a common property right in the waters of the stream, and the necessities of the business of one cannot be the standard of the rights of another, but each is entitled to the reasonable use of the water with respect to the rights of others, and any unlawful interference by one with the enjoyment by another of such common property right gives a cause of action.- Code, §…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Williams v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Bonner v. WelbornSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
- Smith v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- Southern Railway Co. v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Gainesville Midland Railroad v. TynerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Miller v. ColemanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
- Vulcan Materials Co. v. GriffithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Perkins v. First National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965
- Lanier v. BurnetteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Shaheen v. G & G CORP.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1973
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