Talmud for Bava Kamma 3:2

הַשּׁוֹפֵךְ מַיִם בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, וְהֻזַּק בָּהֶן אַחֵר, חַיָּב בְּנִזְקוֹ. הַמַּצְנִיעַ אֶת הַקּוֹץ, וְאֶת הַזְּכוּכִית, וְהַגּוֹדֵר אֶת גְּדֵרוֹ בְּקוֹצִים, וְגָדֵר שֶׁנָּפַל לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, וְהֻזְּקוּ בָהֶן אֲחֵרִים, חַיָּב בְּנִזְקָן:

If one spills water into the public domain, and another is injured by it, he is liable for his injury. [Even if he is permitted to do so, as in the rainy season, when it is permitted to spill water into the public domain, still, if another were injured by it, he is liable for his injury.] If one secretes thorns or glass [in the public domain], or if one studs his fence with thorns [so that they project into the public domain (but if he keeps them within his domain and another is injured by them, he is not liable, for men are not wont to rub themselves against walls)], or if his fence fell into the public domain and others were injured by it, he is liable.

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