Kelly v. Granite Bi-Metallic Con. Mining Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Granite County; Geo. B. Winston, Judge. Action by Sidney A. Kelly against Annie M. Hynes and others. There was a decree in favor of plaintiff, and defendants, Annie M. Hynes, Thomas F. Hynes, and R. R. McLeod and the defendants Granite Bi-Metallic Consolidated Mining Company and Fred Bnrr & Granite Ditch Company appeaL
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantlt
This action was1 brought to determine the rights of the plaintiff and the defendants Hynes and wife and McLeod to the use of the water flowing in Fred Burr creek, in Granite county, and to adjust the relative priorities and amounts of their respective appropriations. As indicated by the annexed outline *3map, the stream has its sources on the west slope of the mountains, and flows into the valley toward the northwest.
At some distance below the junction of its three principal branches are situated agricultural lands, owned and occupied by the plaintiff and the defendants Hynes and McLeod. To…
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