Prentice v. McKay
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Madison County; D. K. Cheadle, Judge. Action by Octavia Prentice against Caroline McKay and another. Judgment for plaintiff!, and defendants appeal from it and an order denying them a new trial.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
This action was brought by Octavia Prentice against Caroline McKay and Thomas Galahan to quiet title of plaintiff to a certain water right, and to secure an injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with the free use and enjoyment of such right by the plaintiff. The court found that the plaintiff was the owner of forty acres of land in section 18, township 4 south, of range 5 west, in Madison county; that this land is arid, and that forty miner’s inches of water are required for its successful irrigation; that in 1893 the predecessor in interest of plaintiff owned the land in…
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