Talbot v. Joseph
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is a suit by Guy W. Talbot against George W. Joseph and Harold W. Maffet, to abate and compel the removal of a V-flume which the defendants maintain upon the land of the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
According to the report of the testimony there is but little dispute about the facts. The controversy hinges on the construction to be given to a deed from the common grantor of the parties under which the defendants claim. In 1893 J. O. Latourell was the owner *310of 160 acres.of land in Multnomah County, through which flows Latourell Falls Creek. This stream is non-navigable, and perhaps but little more than a mile in length. It flows northerly through the lands of plaintiff into the Columbia River. In its course it falls 240 feet over a precipice on his premises, and at that point is visible…
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