Perry Irrigation Co. v. Thomas

This action is one in contribution, pursuant to section 13, c. 67, Laws Utah 1919. The plaintiff, the defendants, and one other are tenants in common of certain water rights in Box Elder creek and the irrigation ditches through which said water is conveyed. The trial court found that by a former judgment, which is now final, defendants were decreed to be owners of a certain portion of the waters of said stream, and interested in the ditches and canals through which it conveyed, and by reason thereof were obligated to pay one-fifth of the operating expense of the cost of maintaining and…