Ortel v. Stone
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Okanogan county, Neal, J., entered February 8, 1921, in favor of the plaintiffs, in an action to enjoin the use of the waters of a lake for irrigation purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtHovey, J.
— This action involves the right to the use of the waters of Davis Lake, in Okanogan county, Washington. The main lake has an extreme length of three-fourths of a mile, and an average width of about one-eighth of a mile, and is about forty acres in area. At its ordinary stage it is forty or fifty feet deep in *501its deepest place, and its shallowest portion at any point fifty feet from the hank is about ten feet deep. It has no visible outlet. Lying to its north is a shallow arm which dries up at low stage of water. The supply of water for this lake is chiefly from spring freshets and from Bear…
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