Passavant v. Arnold
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by "Walter Passavant against Walter W. Arnold. From a judgment and from an order denying a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
This action was brought to obtain a judgment quieting the title to the use of certain of the waters of Spokane creek in Lewis and Clark county. The right in controversy is based upon an appropriation of one hundred and eighty inches made by the defendant, which plaintiff claims he now owns under certain conveyances from defendant. One of these purports to convey a right to the use of one hundred and ten inches, statutory measurement, out of the headwaters of the stream and its upper tributaries, and was made directly to the plaintiff. As to the effect of this conveyance there is no…
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