Herriman Irrigation Co. v. Keel
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake County.— Hon. H. H. Bolapp, Judge. Action to restrain the defendants from continuing to divert water from Butterfield creek, the use of which the plaintiff claims by right of prior appropriation. From a decree in favor of the defendants, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBartch, J.
This action was brought to restrain the defendants from continuing to divert water from Butterfield creek, the use of which the plaintiff claims by right of prior appropriation.
It appears from the record that, about the year 1852, various persons settled upon lands where the village of Herri-man is situated, and appropriated all the water of Butterfield creek for the purposes of irrigation and domestic use. After-wards those entitled to the use of the water organized the plaintiff corporation, for the purpose of controlling its use and *98distribution according to tbe respective rights of the…
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