Sharp v. Bowen

EVANS, District Judge.

This action was commenced for the purpose of determing the right to the use of an irrigating ditch extending through appellants’ premises and claimed to have been used for the irrigation of lands owned by respondent. The amended complaint, in substance, alleges that for many years prior to 1920, John G. and Eliza S. Sharp were the owners of a tract of land, a portion of which was subsequently sold to the respondent, and at a later date another portion was ac quired by appellants; that, at the time of the conveyance of the premises to respondent and for a long time prior…