Churchill v. Baumann
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Modoc County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Vanclief, C.
This action was commenced on the first day of April, 1889, to recover eight thousand eight hundred dollars damages from the defendants — seven in number — for the alleged diversion of water from a natural stream — Pine Creek — in Modoc County, during the years 1887 and 1888, to the injury of plaintiff’s riparian and appropriated water rights below the point of diversion; and also to enjoin such diversion pendente lite, and upon the bearing, perpetually.
Judgment passed for defendants, and plaintiff appeals from the judgment on the roll and without a bill of exceptions.
The court…
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