Any person who wilfully deposits material in any watercourse where it will naturally be carried to the land of another to his injury shall pay to the party injured thereby double damages and costs, unless, within a reasonable time after notice of the injury, he removes such material from such land.
(1949 Rev., S. 4202.)
History: Sec. 19-312 transferred to Sec. 19a-337 in 1983.
See Sec. 7-147 re municipalities' power to prohibit obstructions in waterways.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368m - Nuisances and Public Places
Section 19a-335. (Formerly Sec. 19-310). - Nuisances on highways.
Section 19a-336. (Formerly Sec. 19-311). - Obstruction of watercourse.
Section 19a-337. (Formerly Sec. 19-312). - Rubbish deposited in streams.
Section 19a-338. (Formerly Sec. 19-313). - Obstruction of navigable waters.
Section 19a-339. (Formerly Sec. 19-314). - Obstructions in Connecticut River.
Section 19a-340. (Formerly Sec. 19-315). - Nuisances created by filthy water.
Section 19a-341a. - Maintenance of swine gestation and farrowing barn. Permissible location.
Section 19a-342. (Formerly Sec. 1-21b). - Smoking prohibited. Exceptions. Signs required. Penalties.
Section 19a-343. - State action to abate public nuisance. Offenses.
Section 19a-343b. - Remedies and relief necessary to abate public nuisance.
Section 19a-343c. - Intentional violation of temporary order. Penalty.
Section 19a-343h. - Availability of other remedies not bar to action to abate public nuisance.