Salt Lake City v. Salt Lake City Water & Electrical Power Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake Coun-' ty. — Bon. G. W. Morse, Judge. Action to quiet title to the waters of the Jordan river. Erom a decree in favor of the defendants and interveners, thp plaintiff, Salt Lake City, appealed. Here is an attempt to make a judgment dependent upon upon a future contingency.
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Appeal from tbe Third District Court, Salt Lake Coun-' ty. — Bon. G. W. Morse, Judge. Action to quiet title to the waters of the Jordan river. Erom a decree in favor of the defendants and interveners, thp plaintiff, Salt Lake City, appealed. Here is an attempt to make a judgment dependent upon upon a future contingency. Whether it is ever to be made effective depends upon the result of a judgment to be hereafter given in another action, and the payment of damages wbicb may be awarded.’ A judgment must be certain and definitive. “A judgment is the final consideration and determination upon…
1Opinion of the CourtBart Oh, J.
This action was brought to quiet title to the waters of the Jordan river, and the defendants and interveners are quite numerous. At the trial the court made findings of fact and of law, and entered a decree, inter alia, that the defendant Salt Lake City Water & Electrical Power Company is the owner of and entitled to the right to use all the waters of the river flowing in the channel at and above a point where the company’s power plant is situated, and to convey such water to its power plant for use in operating the same, the water then to be returned to the stream and certain irrigating…
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