Bidleman v. Short
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Suit by George R. Bidleman and others against William C. Short and wife. From a judgment for costs in favor of defendants, rendered on sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiffs appeal. Water reduced to possession becomes the property of the person having the possession; it is his property, and will be protected by the courts.
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Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; John S. Orr, Judge. Suit by George R. Bidleman and others against William C. Short and wife. From a judgment for costs in favor of defendants, rendered on sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, plaintiffs appeal. Water reduced to possession becomes the property of the person having the possession; it is his property, and will be protected by the courts. (Black’s Pomeroy on Water Rights, secs. 57, 60, 61, 62; Park’s Canal & M. Co. v. Hoyt, 57 Cal. 44; Ball v. Kehl, 95 Cal. 618; McGuire v. Broton, 106 Cal. 669; Dalton v. Bowker, 8 Nev.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
NORCROSS, C. J.:
This is an appeal from a judgment for costs in favor of defendants, respondents herein, following an order sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s complaint.
The complaint alleged:
That the plaintiffs Bidleman and their predecessors in interest, for more than ten years last past, have been the owners and in the possession of certain land in Washoe. *469County, particularly describing the same, together with certain waters and water rights appurtenant thereto and thereunto belonging, subject to certain interests therein of the plaintiffs Jones and Williams.
That plaintiffs…
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