The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and Duties of Riparian Owners, Canals, Fishery, Navigation, Land Drainage, Ferries, Bridges, and Tolls and Rates Thereon

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Sweet and Maxwell, 1924 - 766 pages

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Contents

Potter 570
45
Kinsella 394
47
Hunt 337
50
Aquila The
53
Fortune 59
59
Robins 221
60
Ports and Harbours
61
CHAPTER II
70
Grand Junction Canal
71
House Chapman 326
74
Tidal Navigable Rivers
77
Nontidal Rivers and Streams
91
Storr 184 667 678
92
Abbot of Strata Marcella Case of 384
97
Lakes and Pools
100
Trent and Mersey 301
111
The Right to Water in its natural Quantity and Injuries
119
Griffiths Longdon Drainage Board 650 653
123
Bradford Mayor 328
135
New Shoreham v Lancing 614
136
Hall 673
139
Berwick Harbour Commissioners v Tweedmouth 615 616
141
L N W Ry Co 149 159 161 307
151
Bird 376
156
Greenhill 532 556
165
The Right to Water in its natural Quality and Injuries
166
Schweder
173
Kitchin 119 122
183
Croydon 184 185 686 688
184
Best 244 258 282
187
EAST Barnet Council v Stallard
188
HADLEY Taylor 676
191
Surface and Percolating Water
201
270
202
Bensted
206
Jones and Eastern Counties Railway In re 320
209
Great Northern Railway 73 479
219
Easements of Water how acquired
220
Baltimore Wharf Case 62 69
223
Crozier 651
230
Chilcote
231
Olroyd 281
234
Watts
243
Summers
246
Resbridge
247
Brymbo Water Co v Lesters Lime Co 251 254 256 265 278 330
251
Particular Easements of Water
256
Cowan 163
263
Gell 71 274 276 278 313
274
Leith Harbour v Leith Assessment Committee 620 622
277
Fineux r Hoveden 115 255 688
280
CHAPTER V
283
Canals
289
Rawling 487
291
Birmingham Canal v Birmingham Overseers 629
295
Halliday Wakefield Mayor of 301 330 331
301
Birkenhead 155 215 302 331
302
Ellis 667
306
v Shepley Board
309
Thomas 260
316
Ingram
326
Water Supply
327
Glannabanta The 444
330
Huddersfield Corporation and Jacomb In re
332
Banne The Royal Fishery of 364
333
Bedford 675
335
Direct Spanish Telegraph Co v Shepherd
337
New River Co
338
Richardson 328 341 683
341
Blundell 71 74 105 202 204 206 208 209 216
348
Hunt 178 184 185 683 686 688
350
Docks
351
Edgemore c v Colne c 329 339
356
CHAPTER VI
361
MDouall 663
392
Phibbs
393
Birmingham Water
395
Hudson r Macrae 78 397 435
397
Statutory Regulations affecting Fishery
405
Eckersley 183 184 685 686
409
Kirkheaton Local Board v Ainlie 187 191193 198
421
Rhodes 233
432
Buckland 434
434
Ellis Manchester Carriage Co 238 258
435
CHAPTER VII
437
Bootle Overseers v Liverpool
444
Falmouth 110 119 267
445
Tone Conservators v Ash 308 494
446
Midland and Great Western Railway
450
Hussey
460
Coromandel The 53
461
Barnard Castle District v Wilson 335
483
Hill
485
Conservators
490
Excelsior The 353 354
492
Doncaster Union v Manchester S L Railway
493
Marfell
497
Lord Advocate 30
502
Smith
504
Brand 152 215
509
Shapter
512
Frank 516
516
Somers 132 259 260 269
525
Newbiggin 91 100 363 393 395
530
Prentice Bros 531 572
531
Wharton
532
Jane 150
537
Hull Mayor of v Horner 247
539
Whitney
543
Buckley Sons v Buckley 140 244
558
CHAPTER IX
563
Exeter Mayor of v Trimlett
568
Lancum Lovell
571
Bognor Co 335 336
579
Ilkeston Corporation 336
591
Owen 61 62 66
597
Smith 598
598
Aktieselskabet Lina v Turnbull
604
Ambler
609
Rates
612
Hicks 127
614
Alabama State of v Georgia 74
618
Stimbridge 444
620
Tyne Pontoons Co v Tynemouth Corporation
624
Walker
630
Davis
633
CHAPTER X
642
By Landowners
657
CHAPTER XI
664
Davis 450
667
Gateshead Water Co 329 333
669
Hare The 443
671
Donelly 51
672
Claverings Case 224
673
Coventry Earl of v Willes 487
674
Baker
675
GALE Rhymney Co 334
676
Codling
678
CAIRN Lines Co v Trinity House 595
679
West 226
681
Thetford 135 285 286 464 479 496
682
Cleveland Water Co v Redcar 344
683
Bradford 97 152 156
685
Richards v
687
APPENDIX
Drought
British Cast Plate Manufacturers v Meredith
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