natural flow of surface water

natural flow of surface water
That course which would be taken by surface water falling on the land of the upper proprietor or carried thereto from still higher land, and flowing or running therefrom onto the lands of the lower proprietor, undiverted and unaccelerated by any artificial interference therewith. Le Brun v Richards, 210 Cal 308, 291 P 825, 72 ALR 336.

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