Northern California Power Co. v. Flood

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment. The complaint states a cause of action to quiet title of the plaintiff in and to a certain water ditch known as the “Asbury Ditch,” and in and to the right to divert into said ditch from Mill Seat Creek sufficient water to fill the ditch, and the right to use said water for beneficial purposes and carry the water in said ditch and its connecting waterways to the place of use.

The defendant in answer alleged that she was the owner of 160 acres of land and the owner of a right by prescription to use for beneficial purposes thereon one-fourth of the water…