13 Mass. 420 | Mass. | 1816
delivered the opinion of the Court. In the case of Hodges vs. Raymond & al., cited from 9 Mass. Rep. 316, the common law doctrine is recognized ; one, having a right to a watercourse to carry his mill, may justify entering upon the land of one who has erected any obstruction, to remove it. That is precisely the case of the defendant in this action ; unless the purpose for which the dam was erected by the plaintiff, namely, to irrigate and fertilize his meadow, forms an exception to the general rule of law.
Plaintiffs nonsui¿