Scossa v. Church
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Douglas County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. In the Matter of the Determination of the Relative Rights to the Waters of Barber Creek and its Tributaries in Douglas County, between Eugene Scossa and Clarissa Church and the Barber Estate. From a decree affirming the determination of the State Engineer, Scossa appeals. Coleman, C. J., dissenting.
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Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Douglas County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. In the Matter of the Determination of the Relative Rights to the Waters of Barber Creek and its Tributaries in Douglas County, between Eugene Scossa and Clarissa Church and the Barber Estate. From a decree affirming the determination of the State Engineer, Scossa appeals. Coleman, C. J., dissenting. As a matter of law, the contestant is entitled to all the water developed and conserved by him and his predecessors. He has a prescriptive right, besides, to all said waters diverted at point C, to the extent that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, J.:
This cause was tried in the district court on exceptions duly taken by Eugene Scossa to the order- of determination of the state engineer purporting to adjudicate and to establish the rights to the use of the waters of Barber Creek and its tributaries in Douglas County.
When proceedings before the state engineer in the administration of the water law (Stats. 1913, c. 140) in all its phases has reached the district court for adjudication, the practice therein is not clearly defined. The record in this case furnishes an opportunity to express our views on the subject.
The…
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