Evans v. Prosser Falls Land & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Benton county, Holcomb, J., entered March 10, 1910, upon findings in favor of the plaintiffs, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on contract.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The appellant owns and operates an irrigation canal at the town of Prosser, in Benton county. The canal was constructed by a predecessor in interest of the *179appellant, which also owned certain agricultural lands surrounding and adj acent to the canal, capable of being irrigated by water taken therefrom. These lands were sold to divers purchasers, together with a perpetual right to the use of water from the canal for the purposes of irrigation through certain named months of the year up to a definite quantity. In 1902 the respondents became the owners of certain of these lands, in part through…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Pomona Land & Water Co. v. San Antonio Water Co.California Supreme Court · 1908
- True v. Rocky Ford Canal, Reservoir & Land Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1906
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