Warring v. Freear
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Ventura County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKee, J.
This case arises out of an action to enjoin the defendant from maintaining a dam across a running stream of water in Ventura County, known as the Arroyo Circo, and from interfering with the accustomed flow of water therein.
According to the statement in the complaint, of the plaintiff's cause of action, the plaintiff claimed to have acquired the right, by appropriation and use from November, 1869, until March, 1881, to “ all the water of the stream to the extent of sixty square inches measured under a four-inch pressure, for irrigation and domestic purposes.”
The right thus asserted by the…
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