Cases - Young (John) & Co v Bankier Distillery Co.

Record details

Name

Young (John) & Co v Bankier Distillery Co.

Date

(1893)

Citation

1 AC 691

Legislation

Prescription Act 1832

Keywords

Easements

Summary

A mine had been discharging pit water into a stream, which polluted it to such an extent that it was unfit for the production of whisky. The Court held that a riparian owner on the banks of a natural stream is entitled as a natural right to have the stream flow past his or her land without sensible alteration to its character or quality, and that the distillery was therefore entitled to an injunction preventing the discharge.