Wattson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Arizona; William H. Sawtelle, Judge, Suit in equity by the United States against Henry A. Wattson and Carroll A. Spicer. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal to reverse a decree enjoining defendants from diverting or using any water flowing in a drainage canal of drainage district No. 1, Maricopa county, Ariz., and from interfering with the unobstructed flow of the waters in the canal.
The United States owned lands in the Gila River Indian reservation in Arizona. Drainage district No. 1, Maricopa coünty, Ariz., was organized in October, 1914, under the laws of Arizona. Chapter 5, title 55, pars. 5427-5509, Civil Code of Arizona, 1913. It is alleged that during February, 1916, the district began the construction…
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