Morris v. Bean

WHITSON, District Judge.

Sage creek is a tributary of the stream designated in these proceedings as Stinking- Water river, but geographically known by the euphonious name of Shoshone. This creek rises in the state of Montana, and flows into that river in the state of Wyomii g. The complainant, a citizen and resident of Wyoming, is the owner of 160 acres of agricultural land situated in that state, which is riparian to Sage creek. He settled in the year 1887 under the homestead law, and in due course received a patent dated the 12th day of February, 1902. The land being arid in character, and…