{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-137","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 266, § 137","heading":"Injury to mill by raising water","body":"Section 137. Whoever, by erecting or maintaining a dam, either within or without the commonwealth, knowingly causes the water of a river or stream so to be raised as to flow upon or injure a mill lawfully existing in the commonwealth and belonging to a citizen thereof, without right as against the owner of such mill, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months; but this section shall not apply to cases in which the courts of the commonwealth have jurisdiction to abate a dam so raised or maintained.","path":["Part IV","Title I","Chapter 266"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter266/Section137","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:13Z","sha256":"3b70c20b780990343171e7fa779e126ffad40234e74224431eb5d898473232ed","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-136","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-266-138"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}