Watson v. District Court of First Judicial Dist. Ex Rel. Cache County

WADE, Justice.

This court issued an alternative writ of prohibition restraining the District Court from proceeding in the case of Wellsville East Field Irrigation Co. et al. v. Lindsay Land & Livestock Co. et al., as a private suit and entering a final decree therein. It is now before us on an order to show cause why the writ should not be made permanent.

In the original trial of the Wellsville East Field Irrigation Co. et al. v. Lindsay Land & Livestock Co. et al., which was commenced as a suit in equity to determine the water rights of the parties involved, the defendants therein interposed a…