Charnock v. Rose
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment which perpetually enjoins the defendants from interfering in any way with the possession, use, and control of a ditch in which is conducted, for the purpose of irrigation, the water of a natural watercourse on the plaintiff’s land.
The watercourse is known as the Bellona Creek, which rises on private property above the Bellona ranch, in Los Angeles County, and has “ from time immemorial flowed through the ranch.”
It appears that prior to the year 1850 the owners of the ranch constructed two ditches, by which they diverted and conducted the water of the creek to…
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