Dameron Valley Reservoir & Canal Co. v. Bleak

The plaintiff, a corporation, commenced this action in the district court of Washington county to determine the respective rights of the plaintiff and defendants to the waters flowing in a certain stream in said county. The plaintiff corporation was organized by the water claimants other than the defendant as a convenient- way of distributing the water claimed by them, .and we shall hereinafter treat the plaintiff as the real, party in interest and refer only to the plaintiff as such.

The defendants demurred to the complaint, and, their demurrer having been overruled, they filed their answer…