Lyman Grazing Association v. Smith

CALLISTER, Justice:

Plaintiff initiated this action to quiet title to its ownership of two irrigation ditches located in Summit County. Plaintiff asserted that it was the owner of certain parcels of land together with an irrigation ditch known as the New Hickey Ditch, which diverts water from the west fork of Beaver Creek and then runs northerly to its confluence with the Parley Madsen Ditch. Plaintiff alleged that the defendants, the Smiths, claimed some interest in these ditches, which constituted a cloud on plaintiffs title, and prayed that the court quiet its title to these ditches and…