Meng v. Coffee

The appellant herein commenced this action in the district court of Sioux county to secure an injunction by which the appellees would be restrained from appropriating and using the waters of Hat creek for irrigation, and thereby, it was alleged, depriving him of his rights in and to the use and enjoyment of such waters. A temporary injunction was granted, answers were filed, issues joined, and the case was heard. The trial judge filed “Special findings of law and facts,” and made the following order: “The order of the court is that as to the defendants Coffee, Brewster, Wilcox, and Steele…