Ramelli v. Irish
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of El Dorado County. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
— The controversy in this case is as to the respective rights of the parties thereto to divert and use for purposes of irrigation the natural waters of a small stream in El Dorado County, known as Slate Creek. Each party alleges that his right to the said waters is prior and superior to that of the other.
At the trial, when the plaintiff rested his case, the defendant moved for a nonsuit, upon the grounds: “ That plaintiff has failed to show that at the time the water was diverted from the bed of the stream by the defendant, the quantity of water at head of plaintiff’s ditch was…
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