Green v. Stansfield

OPINION

GREENWOOD, Judge:

Boyd, Joseph and William Stansfield (the Stansfields) appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the estate of Duane Green and a decree enjoining them from interfering with the flow of water in an irrigation ditch that crosses property owned by Duane Green (both Duane Green and his estate will be referred to herein as “Green”). The trial court rejected the Stansfields’ claim that they owned an easement across Green’s property. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

This case concerns the legal status of an irrigation ditch running across four contiguous parcels of land in Utah County.…