Galahan v. Lewis

This is an action to secure an adjudication of the water rights of the parties to the water in Leonard’s slough, a natural stream in Madison county. The source of this water supply is from the drainage of swamp lands. Its flow is somewhat augmented as a result of the irrigation of near-by lands with water diverted from other streams, causing seepage water therefrom to flow into the slough.

Many of the rights adjudicated in the decree are not brought into question on this appeal. Counsel has brought up all of the testimony in the bill of exceptions with reference to these rights, thereby…