Brown v. Ratliff
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Kings County and from an order denying a new trial. John Gr. Covert, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
This action involves a controversy over an easement in certain of the lands of the defendant for the maintenance of a lateral water-ditch over and through said lands. It is conceded that the plaintiffs are entitled to a right of way over the defendant’s lands for the maintenance of a water-ditch, but the dispute is the outgrowth of an attempt upon the part of the defendant to change the route or course of said ditch over his lands, it being the claim of the plaintiffs that a way for- the purposes of the ditch had previously been located and established.
The principal relief prayed for by the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kripp v. CurtisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1886
- Ballard v. TitusCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
- Burris v. People's Ditch Co.California Supreme Court · 1894
- Blum v. WestonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1894
- Dennis v. Crocker-Huffman Land & Water Co.California Court of Appeal · 1907
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Sutter Butte Canal Co. v. Richvale Land Co.California Court of Appeal · 1919