Gilcrest v. Bowen

The plaintiffs, F. H. and Clementine Y. Gilcrest, instituted suit to enjoin the defendant R. E. Bowen from interfering with their use of water from Antelope Creek, a tributary of Judith River. By pleading and proof they established their right to the use of 160 miner’s inches of such water by appropriation made on October 20, 1883.

|; The defendant answered claiming a right, prior in time and use, by mesne conveyance from one John Croke, who is alleged to have appropriated 200 miner’s inches of the waters of Antelope Creek on June 9, 1882.

Issue being joined, a trial was had which resulted in a…