Legal Opinion

Moyle v. Salt Lake City

Utah Supreme Court

Decided September 10, 1917No. 2998PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Third District; Hon. C. W. Morse, Judge. Action by Alice E. Moyle against Salt Lake City. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtFrick, C. J.

The plaintiff commenced this action to require Salt Lake City to deliver to her certain water, to which, it is conceded, she is entitled under the contract hereinafter referred to, at a point other than where said water has been delivered by Salt Lake City since the year 1888, when the contract was entered into. The facts are not disputed. Those that are material, in substance, are:

That in June, 1888, Salt Lake City and certain farmers, who were the owners of primary water rights in what is known and called Parley’s Canyon creek, a stream having its source in the Wasatch Mountains lying east…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Union Mill & Mining Co. v. DangbergU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1897
  2. Hague v. Nephi Irrigation Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1898

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. United States v. CaldwellUtah Supreme Court · 1924
  2. Cortella v. Salt Lake CityUtah Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Gianulakis v. SharpUtah Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Arnold v. Huntington Canal & Reservoir Ass'nUtah Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Lehmitz v. Utah Copper Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1941

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