Independent Irr. Co., Ltd. v. Baldwin

Appellants, Independent Irrigation Company and its stockholders, brought this action against respondents, as watermaster of district No. 36 and commissioner of reclamation, respectively, for the purpose of enjoining the latter, their successors, agents, etc., from preventing the diversion by appellants of certain waters flowing in a natural channel known as Scott Slough, in Jefferson county, and to obtain a decree declaring appellants to be the owners of such waters.

The complaint alleges that appellants appropriated, and have continuously diverted and put to a beneficial use since a date…