Turner v. Cole
Oregon Supreme Court
From Malheur: Robert Eakin, Judge. Suit by A. W. Turner and another against J. L. Cole and others to determine the rights of the respective parties to certain running waters. There was a decree for Turner, from which all parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Wolverton.
The purpose of this suit is to determine the priority of conflicting water rights as between Turner, one of the plaintiffs, and the defendants Cole and Kendall, and C. J. Gray. The plaintiff claims to have acquired his right by appropriation and use of the waters of Willow Creek, diverted therefrom by means .of two ditches, which tap the creek, one upon each side, in the southeast quarter of section ten, township sixteen south, range forty-three east, in Malheur County. Willow Creek runs in a southeasterly course, and these ditches are so constructed that they…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Simmons v. WintersOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Hindman v. RizorOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Wimer v. SimmonsOregon Supreme Court · 1895
3Cited by7 opinions
- In re Willow CreekOregon Supreme Court · 1914
- First State Bank of Alamogordo v. McNewNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1928
- Morse v. WhitcombOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- State v. GrayOregon Supreme Court · 1902
- Dill v. KillipOregon Supreme Court · 1944
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