Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Sierra Land & Water Co. v. Ickes
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 13, 1936No. 6445PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
On November 30, 1923, the Sierra Land & Water Company, a California corporation, filed in the local land office at Independence, Cal., four applications for rights of way over the public domain. The applications were made under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1095, and section 2 of the Act of May 11, 1898, 30 Stat. 404, as amended (43 U.S.C.A. § 951), which provide for the granting of rights of way for canals and reservoirs to carry and store water for irrigation. In each application Rush creek was stated as the source of water supply, and the…
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