Stetson v. Youngquist

This is an action involving an easement for a ditch which the plaintiff Stetson claims to have obtained by prescription across the lands of defendants Josephine Youngquist and Joseph Youngquist. The object of the suit is to enjoin the defendants from interfering with plaintiff’s use of the ditch. The ditch is a lateral leading from a main ditch which diverts water from Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula county. The lateral crosses lot 13 of Cobban’s Camp Sites, owned by the defendants, and runs to lots 6 and 10, owned by the plaintiff.

Plaintiff purchased his land in 1909, and in 1911 dug the ditch…