Osborn v. Chase
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Chelan county, Grimshaw, J., entered August 8, 1921, in favor of the plaintiffs, directing the state hydraulic engineer to apportion the waters of a stream for irrigation purposes, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHovey, J.
— These are consolidated cases wherein the respondents sought to review what they considered an *477order of the hydraulic engineer relative to the apportionment of water.
The trial court entertained the appeal, took testimony, and, at the conclusion thereof, entered an order referring the matter back to the hydraulic engineer, with directions to make a new order and to assume as a basis certain principles of division, concerning which appellants Thompson and Murray complain.
Swakane creek is a small stream in Chelan county, fed principally by springs, and carrying, during the irrigating season, a…
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