Rocky Ford Canal Co. v. Cox, Judge

MOFFAT, Justice.

On the 15th day of June, 1935, plaintiffs filed in this court a petition for a writ of prohibition. An alternative writ was issued and served upon defendants. Defendants appeared under the order to show cause, filed briefs, and during the November setting of cases the cause was argued and submitted.

Except as a matter of history to show how the cause arose, the facts are of little importance and are not in dispute. Briefly, the defendants in this proceeding filed an application in the district court of the Fifth judicial district of the state of Utah in an action there pending,…