Well

A hole dug in the earth in order to obtain water. In a deed, well designates the portion of land under and occupied by the excavation, and its surrounding retaining walls, and by any structures or appliances built upon the land to facilitate its use, and also the water actually at any time in the excavation; Davis v. Spaulding, 157 Mass. 431, 32 N. E. 650, 19 L. R. A. 102. The owner of the estate has a right to dig in his own ground at such a distance as is permitted by law from his neighbor’s land; he is not restricted as to the size or depth, and is not liable to any action for rendering the well of his neighbor useless by so doing.

See Cliesley v. King, 74 Me. 170, 43 Am. Rep. 569; Subterranean Waters; Waters; Collins v. Gas Co., 131 Pa. 143, 18 Atl. 1012, 6 L. R. A. 280, 17 Am. St Rep. 791.