P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 1716
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Whoever wishes to make use of water of which he can dispose upon a tenement belonging to him, has the right to cause it to pass through the intermediate tenements, with the obligation of indemnifying their owners, as well as those of the lower tenements upon which the water may filter or descend.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 493.