King v. Chamberlin
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. Robert N. Dunn, Judge. Submission on an agreed statement of facts as to the right of the plaintiffs to the waters of an artificial lake constructed on their own land. Judgment for the plaintiffs and defendant appeals.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District for Kootenai County. Hon. Robert N. Dunn, Judge. Submission on an agreed statement of facts as to the right of the plaintiffs to the waters of an artificial lake constructed on their own land. Judgment for the plaintiffs and defendant appeals. The waters of a lake which was formed from a slough by means of dams and dikes, and which is wholly upon private lands, may be legally appropriated and diverted for irrigation or domestic purposes, without the consent of the owner of such lands. (Sec. 3252, Rev.. Codes; Delaplaine v. Chicago…
1Opinion of the CourtAilshie, J.
This case was submitted to the trial court on an agreed statement of facts as follows: Paragraph 1 states that the plaintiffs are husband and wife; paragraph 2 describes the lands belonging to the plaintiffs, comprising 160 acres situated in Kootenai county, Idaho; paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are as follows:
“3. That at all of the times herein mentioned there was and yet is wholly situated and located on said lands and premises a certain lake, known as, named and called Avon-dale Lake, about three-quarters of a mile long, and from 200 to 400 yards wide, and that said lake is at all…
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