Montezuma Canal Co. v. Smithville Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The facts, which involve the rights of appropriators of water of a river in Arizona, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The decree of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Arizona (11 Arizona, 99; 89 Pac. Rep. 512), which is appealed from, affirmed a decree of a District Court of the Territory determining the rights of appropriators within the county of Graham to the waters of the Gila River.
In the brief of counsel for the appellee it. is suggested, that the appeal, should be dismissed because the matter in dispute does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, and because the appellant has no substantial financial interest in the cause. We think, however, that the record sufficiently shows that the…
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