Rodgers v. Pitt
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
In Equity. Suit to enjoin the diversion of water from a stream. On final hearing. Since the submission of this cause the original complainant, Arthur Rodgers, died, and the suit has been revived in favor of the executrix of his will, but the references will be made to the original parties to the suit. There is no ease made out against the defendant the Lovelock Mill Company, and it should be dismissed from the case.
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In Equity. Suit to enjoin the diversion of water from a stream. On final hearing. Since the submission of this cause the original complainant, Arthur Rodgers, died, and the suit has been revived in favor of the executrix of his will, but the references will be made to the original parties to the suit. There is no ease made out against the defendant the Lovelock Mill Company, and it should be dismissed from the case. The lands of the defendants are situated in the upper part of Lovelock Valley; the lands of complainant, Rodgers, and of Thies and Carpenter, are situated in the lower part of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is a suit in equity to enjoin the diversion of water by defendants from the Humboldt river. It has frequently been before the courts, and four different opinions have been rendered therein. Rodgers v. Pitt (C. C.) 89 Fed. 420; (C. C.) 89 Fed. 424; (C. C.) 96 Fed. 668; (C. C. A.) 104 Fed. 387. It is now before the court upon the evidence taken under issue joined at the trial. The general facts in relation thereto are set forth in the foregoing statement, some of which were stated in the opinion of this court (89 Fed. 420), ordering the issuance of a…
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