An incorporeal right which may be lawfully granted, such as a right of way or the right to throw water upon the land of another, may be acquired by prescription. (Civil Code 1895, § 3590; Civil Code 1910, § 4170; Code
1933, § 85-409.)
Prescription involving incorporeal rights
of Code section. — This Code section is derived from the decisions in Phinizy v
An incorporeal right which may be lawfully granted, such as a right of way or the right to throw water upon the land of another, may be acquired by prescription. (Civil Code 1895, § 3590; Civil Code 1910, § 4170; Code
1933, § 85-409.)
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