Salt Lake City v. Anderson

ADAMS, District Judge.

In May, 1936, Salt Lake City et al. brought an action in the district court of Salt Lake County against approximately 2,430 defendants who claim rights to the use of water from the streams and springs which would normally flow into Utah Lake. The prayer of the complaint in this action sought, among other things:

“(d) that the rights and title of each plaintiff herein to the use of water from Utah Lake and its tributaries be determined and quieted and that said rights and title be adjudged and decreed to be prior and superior to any right or rights of any defendant herein…