Sander v. Bull
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Kittitas county, Kauffman, J., entered October 16, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs and interveners, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action to enjoin the diversion of waters for irrigation purposes.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This suit arose out of a controversy over the use of the waters of Wilson and Nanum creeks, in the Kittitas valley, for irrigation purposes. These streams have their source in the mountains and flow southerly in separate canyons to the northerly end of the Kittitas valley, where they unite and flow in a common stream for about a mile. The waters then divide, the Nanum creek flowing in a southeasterly direction, the Wilson creek in a southwesterly direction. The plaintiffs’ lands are situated on the Wilson creek below the point of separation. The lands of the interveners are situated on the…
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