Union Mill & Mining Co. v. Dangberg
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada
This suit is brought by the complainant, as the owner or part owner of seven quartz mills situated along and upon the banks of the Carson river, in Ovmsby and Lyon counties, in the state of Nevada, to wit, the Mexican, Brunswick, Merrimac, Vivian, Santiego, Franklin, and Bock Point, against H. F. Dangberg and about 125 other respondents, comprising all of the farmers residing in Carson valley, in Douglas county, who live above the Mexican mill, and use the water of the…
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This suit is brought by the complainant, as the owner or part owner of seven quartz mills situated along and upon the banks of the Carson river, in Ovmsby and Lyon counties, in the state of Nevada, to wit, the Mexican, Brunswick, Merrimac, Vivian, Santiego, Franklin, and Bock Point, against H. F. Dangberg and about 125 other respondents, comprising all of the farmers residing in Carson valley, in Douglas county, who live above the Mexican mill, and use the water of the Carson river for irrigating lands and for other purposes. Complainant claims that it and its grantors have owned and used the…
1Opinion of the CourtHawley, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). This is a suit in equity to obtain a decree against the respondents for the alleged wrongful diversion of the water of the Carson river, to complainant’s injury and damage. The Carson river is a natural water course, having its source or head in the state of California, and run ning through the Carson valley, in Douglas county, Yev., to the “sink of the Carson,” in Churchill county, where its water sinks and disappears. The river has two branches or forks, designated as the “East Fork” and the “West Fork,” and there are many tributaries, branches, and…
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