Cline v. American Aggregates Corp.
ELR Citation: ELR 20368 No(s). 83-1910 (Ohio Dec 31, 1984)
The court holds that a user of groundwater may be liable to neighboring property owners for unreasonable withdrawal of groundwater from a common aquifer. In so doing, the court overrules its 1861 holding adopting the "English rule" that a landowner has an absolute right to use groundwater under his ...