Seaweard v. Pacific Livestock Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
Prom Malheur: George E. Davis, Judge. Suit by J. H. Seaweard and another against the Pacific Livestock Co. and others to enjoin interference with the flow of water in a certain stream. Prom the decree adjudging the rights of the parties in the stream, plaintiff and defendant Pacific Livestock Co. appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
delivered the opinion of the court..
This is a suit to enjoin interference with the flow of water in the channel of Crooked Creek, in Malheur County. The complaint states in effect that the plaintiffs, J. H. Seaweard and Anderson Loveland, are prior appropriates of water from that stream; that the defendant the Pacific Livestock Co., a corporation, is digging r ditch above their lands and threatening to divert all the water of the creek, to their irreparable injury; and that the defendants Pearl Duncan and Pedro Germain are using water for irrigation to which the plaintiffs are entitled.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Nevada Ditch Co. v. BennettOregon Supreme Court · 1896
- Simmons v. WintersOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Alta Land & Water Co. v. HancockCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
- Hindman v. RizorOregon Supreme Court · 1891
- Cole v. LoganOregon Supreme Court · 1893
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3Cited by21 opinions
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