McCormick v. Sixth Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Badt, J.:

Petitioners seek to prohibit the respondent district court and the respondent presiding judge thereof from proceeding with the hearing initiated by Bessie L. Ellison, Lyle L. Ellison, Claude Larkin Ellison and Melba E. Ellison as the successors in interest of Ellison Ranching Co., a corporation, to hold the petitioners in contempt if they persist in violating a decree of said court adjudicating the water rights of Quinn River and of McDermitt Creek, one of its tributaries.

Petitioners assert three reasons in support of their contention that respondents- are without…