Vineyard Land & Stock Co. v. Twin Falls Salmon River Land & Water Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Suit by the Twin Falls Salmon River Rand & Water Company, a corporation, and another, against the Vineyard Rand & Stock Company, a corporation. From the decree entered, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
This suit was instituted to determine the conflicting water rights alleged by the parties, respectively, to have been acquired by prior appropriation. The defendant, appellant here, is engaged in raising and husbanding stock upon the ranges, consisting in most part, but not entirely, of lands it has acquired and now owns. It is alleged that these appropriations of water are from Salmon river and its tributaries. The river extends for many miles in the state of Nevada, running in a general northerly direction, crosses the northern boundary line into the state of…
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