Lillis v. People's Ditch Co.
California Supreme Court
APPEAL from Superior Court, Fresno County; J. B. Campbell, Judge. Action by S. C. Lillis and others against the People’s Ditch Company for an injunction. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
VANCLIEF, C.
The object of this action is simply to enjoin the defendant (a corporation) from diverting from the channel of Kings river, into its ditch in Tulare county, a greater quantity of water than fourteen thousand four hundred cubic inches per second, on the ground that it had been adjudged by the superior court of that county, in a former action between the same parties, that this defendant, as against the plaintiffs, was entitled to divert only that quantity of water. In their complaint in this action the plaintiffs pleaded the former judgment as an estoppel. Judgment herein was in…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Gray v. DoughertyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
- Alhambra Addition Water Co. v. RichardsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Garwood v. GarwoodCalifornia Supreme Court · 1866
- Oakland Gas Light Co. v. DameronCalifornia Supreme Court · 1885