Bileu v. Paisley

This appeal is from, a judgment recovered in an action brought by the respondents in said circuit court against the appellant, to recover damages *48done to two certain ditches by the appellant’s sheep. The ditches were constructed across the public lands of the United States in said county of Crook, and used for mining purposes. One of them is about four miles long, two feet wide, and three feet in depth; the other one is about one and one-half miles long. The respondents alleged that they owned and were working certain mining grounds, and were owners of and using the ditches for the purpose of…