Pacific Live Stock Co. v. Malone

OPINION

By the Court,

Moran, District Judge:

It is the contention of the petitioner that the state engineer should, upon request, take charge of the division and distribution of the waters of the Quinn River stream system pursuant to the decree of the Humboldt County district court.

The contention of the respondent is that, as the decree in question does not constitute a statutory adjudication pursuant to the 1913 water law, as amended, no such duty on the part of the respondent arises by reason of such decree.

The petitioner urges in his brief that there are two distinct methods whereby water…