Legal Opinion
Musselshell Ranch Company v. Seidel-Joukova
Montana Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 2011No. DA 10-0349PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
¶1 Plaintiffs Musselshell Ranch Company and Cooley Ranch appeal the order of the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Musselshell County, allowing a culvert and rock bridge placed in their irrigation ditch (the ‘Cooley-Goffena”ditch) by Defendants (“Joukova”) to remain in the ditch. The District Court concluded the structure did not unreasonably interfere with plaintiffs’ easement rights in the ditch. We reverse. We consider the following issue on appeal:
¶2 Whether the District Court erred in allowing Joukova’s culvert and rock bridge to remain in the Cooley-Goffena irrigation ditch.
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