Jacob v. Lorenz
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Trinity County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Haynes, C.
This action was originally brought by the plaintiff to enjoin the defendants, who are owners of the Mammoth placer mine, and who are working the same by hydraulic process, from injuring or washing away a certain water ditch known as the east branch of the Jacob ditch, owned by plaintiff, and which crosses defendants’ mine.
Several ditches, among them the Jacob ditch and the Butcher ditch, take water from Connor’s Creek. Plaintiff acquired the ownership of the Butcher ditch in 1863, and commenced the construction of the Jacob ditch in 1868, and completed the east branch and turned…
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