Legal Opinion
Cook v. Evans
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1921No. File Nos. 4533, 4534, 4535PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
About the year 1876, several parties settled in the Spearfish Valley. These parties found this valley to be semi-arid', and that, in the ordinary season, in order to bring best agricultural results, it would be necessary to irrigate the farm land. With the object of appropriating water for irrigation purposes, they did, during the year 1876 and the years immediately succeeding thereto, open up ditches and take waters from- Spearfish creek. Contiguous owners united in the establishment of a single ditch, so that, while there was quite a number of these settlers, there were eight separate…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hough v. PorterOregon Supreme Court · 1909
- Noonan v. Caledonia Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Caledonia Gold Mining Co. v. NoonanSupreme Court Of The Territory Of Dakota · 1882
- Henderson v. GoforthSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by7 opinions
- California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Cundy v. WeberSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1941
- Belle Fourche Irrigation District v. SmileySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- California-Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1934
- Platt v. City of Rapid CitySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1940
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