Grant Realty Co. v. Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grant county, Kauffman, J., entered August 16, 1915, in favor of the defendants, dismissing an action to quiet title, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, C. J.
— In this action plaintiffs, claiming as bona fide subsequent appropriators, seek to quiet title to the waters of Moses lake, in Grant county, as against defendant’s claim as a prior appropriator. For a description of Moses lake, its environs and outlet, we refer to the very full statement in the case of State ex rel. Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie v. Superior Court, 70 Wash. 442, 126 Pac. 945.
Defendant owns a large tract of land lying southwesterly and fourteen to twenty miles from the southerly end of the lake. This is semi-arid, but capable of being rendered very productive by irrigation. In the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In re Willow CreekOregon Supreme Court · 1914
- Ophir Silver Mining Co. v. CarpenterNevada Supreme Court · 1868
- Pringle Falls Power Co. v. PattersonOregon Supreme Court · 1913
- State ex rel. Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- De Wolfskill v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1907
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- United States v. Big Bend Transit Co.District Court, E.D. Washington · 1941
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