Miners' Ditch Co. v. Zellerbach
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, Nevada County. This was an action to recover possession of the Miners’ Ditch, the Doorman’s Ditch, the extension of the Doorman’s Ditch, the Grizzly Ditch and its branches, the undivided two fifths of the Eureka Lake Water Company’s Ditch, the undivided two fifths of the Gray Diggings Mining Claims, the undivided two fifths of the Lewis Mining Claims, the undivided two fifths of the Isembeek & Co.’s Mining Claims,…
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourteenth Judicial District, Nevada County. This was an action to recover possession of the Miners’ Ditch, the Doorman’s Ditch, the extension of the Doorman’s Ditch, the Grizzly Ditch and its branches, the undivided two fifths of the Eureka Lake Water Company’s Ditch, the undivided two fifths of the Gray Diggings Mining Claims, the undivided two fifths of the Lewis Mining Claims, the undivided two fifths of the Isembeek & Co.’s Mining Claims, the undivided two fifths of the Eureka Lake Water Company’s saw mill, and the laud whereon the same stands, together…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, C. J.:
The Miners’ Ditch Company, plaintiff in this action, has been since 1859 a corporation under the laws of California, “its object being the building and maintaining of water ditches, and the sale of water in said Nevada County.” In May, 1859, said corporation owned the property in controversy, consisting of the “Miners’ Ditch,” the “Boorman’s Ditch,” and the “ Grizzly Ditches.” At that time there was another *571similar corporation, owning similar property, in the same vicinity, called “ The Eureka Lake Company,” both supplying the same market. The property and business…
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