Ulrich v. Pateros Water Ditch Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chelan county, Grimshaw, J., entered March 27, 1911, upon findings in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action for specific performance.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
Action for specific performance of a contract. Upon a trial of the case, the court denied the plaintiff any relief, and dismissed the action. Plaintiff has appealed.
It appears that, prior to October, 1905, one C. J. Steiner had constructed a ditch or canal, about six miles in length, along the Methow and Columbia rivers, which ditch extended eastward up and along the low lands of the Columbia to a point about one-fourth of a mile from lots 1 and 2, section 29, township 30, north, range 24 east, in Okanogan county. This land at that time was government land, but had been filed upon by Mr.…
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