Stepp v. Williams

The defendants own certain lands in Modoc County, California, upon which there is a spring, the waters of which flow over and across the lands of defendants; plaintiffs claim a four-fifths interest in the spring and in the waters flowing therefrom under an alleged oral grant from Chas. W. Williams, deceased, the predecessor in interest of defendants. Plaintiffs brought this action to quiet their alleged title to the waters of said spring, and for an injunction restraining defendants from interfering with the said waters claimed by plaintiffs. Defendants, Judith E. Williams, both in her…