Sternberger v. Continental Mines, Power & Reduction Co.
District Court, D. Colorado
In Equity. Suit by Samuel Sternberger against the Continental Mines, Power & Reduction Company and another, to establish water rights, and for an injunction. Complainant having died, the suit was revived in the name of Leopold Sternberger as his administrator. On motion to dismiss, and to vacate the order of revivor.
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, District Judge.
This suit was brought in the Circuit Court in January, 1909, by Samuel Sternberger, a resident and citizen of the State of Pennsylvania, against the defendants, both residents and citizens of Colorado. The bill sets up a controversy over water rights in the Fall River, a small mountain stream. The complainant was the owner of two placer claims and the “F” millsite on that stream. He also began the construction of a ditch and pipe line from the stream, known as the Pennsylvania Mining Company of Colorado’s Ditch Number Two, to the millsite, in December, 1905. He made…
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