Cap. 16 Art. 450Right of watercourse.

(1) Any person who cannot receive water into his own tenement from fountains or other deposits of public water, except through rural tenements belonging to other persons, may compel the owners of such tenements to grant him, in such manner as shall least injuriously affect them, the right of watercourse, subject to the payment of an indemnity proportionate to the damage.

(2) It shall not be lawful for such person to compel the said owners to allow him to make new channels, if they grant to him watercourse by means of the existing channels; in which case the indemnity shall be determined having regard to the value of such channels, and the expense necessary for their first repair, and the person who makes use of them shall remain bound to contribute to the expense of their upkeep as provided in article 452.