Coonradt v. Hill

—Clear Creek is a natural stream flowing in a southerly direction through the middle of the-east half of section 23 of a certain government township in Butte County.

In August, 1876, the government title to the southwest quarter of the same section vested in John Powers, who, in the fall of that year, completed the diversion of a portion of the water of Clear Creek from its natural channel to said southwest quarter, where the same has been since continuously used by him and his successor, the defendant, Hill, for watering stock, for domestic purposes, and for irrigating their crops and…