State v. Gray
Oregon Supreme Court
From Malheur: Morton D. Clifford, Judge. Contempt proceedings by the State, on tbe relation of A. ~W. Turner against G. C. Gray. From a judgment adjudging defendant guilty of contempt, be appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Moore
This is a special proceeding for the punishment of an alleged contempt. The affidavit of the relator, A. W. Turner, is to the effect that, having instituted a suit in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Malheur County against J. L. Cole, B. F. Kendall, and G. J. Gray, it was decreed on December 6, 1898, in pursuance of the mandate of this court (Turner v. Cole, *26231 Or. 154, 49 Pac. 971), that he was the prior appropriator of the water of Willow Creek, and entitled, from April 1st to July 15th of each year, to 100 inches, and for the remainder of the time to 50 inches, thereof, to be…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Turner v. ColeOregon Supreme Court · 1897
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