Wills Cattle Co. v. Shaw

¶1 Wills Cattle Company (the Company) appeals from a judgment of the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, which decreed that the Company had no ownership interest in two irrigation ditches on land owned by William J. Shaw and E. Kathleen Shaw (the Shaws) and dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

¶3 1. Did the District Court err in concluding the 1964 deeds conveying water rights were ambiguous?

¶4 2. Did the District Court err in determining that Wills Cattle Company has no ownership interest in either the middle or north McDonald…