Barton v. Riverside Water Co.
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an appeal hy the plaintiffs from a judgment of nonsuit in favor of said defendants.
The action is to enjoin alleged diversions of water from an artesian basin alleged to exist in the San Bernardino valley. Each plaintiff is the owner of a tract of farming land situated over the said basin, on which he has been accustomed to use the waters of the basin. Some of them obtain the water by means of pumps, or artesian wells, and others by diversions from natural streams forced to the surface from the subterranean strata within the basin by the pressure of the water from the higher lands…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hildreth v. Montecito Creek Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1903
- Davis v. GaleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1867
- Jacob v. LorenzCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
- Ramelli v. IrishCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Fresno Etc. Co. v. Southern Pac. Etc. Co.California Supreme Court · 1901
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