Featherman v. Hennessy

This action was brought by John A. Featherman and five other plaintiffs against appellant James McGowan, the respond*537ent Oro y Plata Mining Company, and thirty-five other defendants, to obtain a decree determining the respective rights of the parties to the nse of the water flowing in Flint creek, in Granite county. All of the defendants answered, setting forth the rights claimed by them, and alleging priority of appropriation and use of specific quantities of water as against the plaintiffs, as well as against each other. Under a stipulation signed by the attorneys of all the parties, all…