German Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. Platte Valley Irrigation Co.

Plaintiff below, plaintiff in error here, brought suit against the principal appropriators and users of water for irrigation purposes in Water District No. 2, representative, as is alleged, of all such users, to quiet its purported title and right to the use, for irrigation purposes, of the waters of Big Dry Creek, in that district, and to enjoin defendants from in any manner interfering with its alleged right to such use. After issue joined defendants interposed a motion for judgment on the pleadings, which was granted, and plaintiff brings that judgment here for review.

The theory of…