Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Water Law

Michigan Law Review

Water diversion

Publication Year

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

Law Of Percolating Waters, Jno B. Clayberg Dec 1915

Law Of Percolating Waters, Jno B. Clayberg

Michigan Law Review

Percolating waters are well understood as being underground waters. Underground waters have been from time immemorial divided into two general classes, namely: (a) flowing stream's, and (b) percolating waters. Percolating waters are divided by text writers into several distinct classes. No two text writers seem to have adopted the same classification. Such classifications are all more or less unimportant insofar as the application of the law is concerned. There cannot be any difference between percolating water which is diffuse and percolating water which reaches the channel of a stream or its sub-flow. All percolating water, unless detained by some natural …


The Genesis And Development Of The Law Of Waters In The Far West, John B. Clayberg Nov 1902

The Genesis And Development Of The Law Of Waters In The Far West, John B. Clayberg

Michigan Law Review

The law of waters, as now settled on the Pacific Coast and the adjacent states is such a distinct departure from the common law of waters, that an investigation of the cause and reasons for such departure cannot fail to be interesting to every lawyer who cares to informed with reference to such peculiarities. There is no occasion to more than. briefly refer to the common law of running waters and inland lakes, because it is well settled by a long line of decisions practically Uniform, and every lawyer is familiar with it. It will be sufficient to state the …