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common enemy rule |
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common enemy rule A rule of water management and rights followed in some states. It holds that excessive rainwater is a common enemy that damages property at random. Uphill property owners can take any steps to protect their land from the water, even if it causes damage to the property of others further down the hill. The downhill property owners are supposed to protect their own land, because water is the common enemy and everyone has to provide their own protection. Today, most states have modified rules that require everyone to act reasonably under the circumstances in order to protect their own property and avoid damaging the property of others. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This common enemy rule aims to strike a balance between the right of an owner to do what he likes with his own property and the right of a neighbour to have his property left alone. The Court of Appeal decided that the common enemy rule is subject to two limitations; a landowner cannot alter an established watercourse or cause water that is already on, or is in imminent danger of flooding on to, his land to flow on to his neighbour's land. |
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