Bright v. Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada; Edward S. Farrington, Judge. . Action at law by Rose Bright and others against the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error. This action was instituted by Rose Bright and others against the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company, a corporation.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Nevada; Edward S. Farrington, Judge. . Action at law by Rose Bright and others against the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs bring error. This action was instituted by Rose Bright and others against the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company, a corporation. There was a judgment for the defendant, on the refusal of the plaintiff to amend her complaint after de.murrer to an amended complaint was sustained. Upon review this court reversed the judgment of the District Court, with…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] The plaintiffs contend that the court erred in excluding the testimony of Mrs. Raffetta, called to prove that between 1880 and 1884, when she was living upon the ranch, which then belonged to her husband and herself, and afterwards passed to Garavanto, Mr. Raffetta and Gara-vanto and Mr. Overton, as superintendent of the defendant corporation, since deceased, made an oral agreement whereby the defendant corporation would give to Raffetta all the water he wanted for his ranch, provided Raffetta did not bring action to enforce damages done by overflow of…
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- Edmonds v. ScharffSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
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