Eastern Oregon Land Co. v. Willow River Land & Irrigation Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit (District) Court of the United States for the District of Oregon'; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit in equity by the Eastern Oregon Land Company against the Willow River Land & Irrigation Company. Decree for defendant (187 Fed. 466), and complainant appeals.
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Appeal from the Circuit (District) Court of the United States for the District of Oregon'; Robert S. Bean, Judge. Suit in equity by the Eastern Oregon Land Company against the Willow River Land & Irrigation Company. Decree for defendant (187 Fed. 466), and complainant appeals. Suit for an injunction to restrain appellee, the Willow River Land & Irrigation Company, from constructing a dam for a reservoir in the canyon of Willow creek, in Malheur county, Or., upon lands claimed by the appellant, from flooding certain adjoining lands of appellant with the waters of such reservoir, and from…
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The appellant'was the complainant, and the appellee the defendant, in the court below, and the parties will be so designated in this opinion.
The complainant is a California corporation, which has succeeded to the title and claims to be the owner in fee of all the lands granted to the state of Oregon by the act of Congress entitled “An act granting lands to the state of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from Dalles City, on the Columbia river, to-Ft. Boise, on the Snake river,” approved February 25, 1867 (14 Stat. L. 409, c". 77), known as “The…
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