San Joaquin & Kings River Canal & Irrigation Co. v. Egenhoff

DOOLING, J. pro tem.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment quieting plaintiff’s title to an easement to construct and maintain a dam on defendant’s property during certain periods of each year and enjoining defendant’s interference therewith.

Plaintiff is a corporation engaged in furnishing water for irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley. It maintains for this purpose a canal which passes through defendant’s lands within a two hundred foot right of way. The canal runs approximately north and south. At a point on defendant’s land the San Luis Creek with a flow generally from west to east…