Enterprise Irrigation District v. Farmers Mutual Canal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ■ NEBRASKA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
delivered the. opinion of the court.
In' form this was a suit to determine the relative rights of the parties to divert the waters of the North Platte River, in western Nebraska, for purposes of irrigation, but the only controversy disclosed was over the extent and priority of the right of the Farmers Mutual Canal Company, the principal defendant. Another defendant, the Tri-State Land Company, was interested as a stockholder of the canal company, and need be noticed only in another relation.
The canal company claimed a right to divert through its canal l,1426/7 cubic feet of water per second of…
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