Richmond Irr. Co. v. Shaw
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, First District,'Cache County; J. D. Call, Judge. Suit by the Richmond Irrigation Company and Richmond City against Mathew H. Shaw and Christian >Ste Henson. From decree for plaintiffs, said Steffenson appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeber, J.
The ownership of what is hereinafter called the North spring, Spring No. 3, or the Lars -Johnson spring, is the only question -involved on the appeal of the defendant Christian Steffensen from a decree in favor of plaintiffs. '
In 1860 a small community of people settled on the present site of Richmond, Cache county,' and erected a fort in which they lived. The settlers engaged in farming, and at .once commenced building ditches to supply themselves with water for culinary, stock-watering, and irrigation purposes. They first diverted the waters of Birch creek, a tributary of Cherry creek which…
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