Patterson v. Ryan
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Fifth District; Hon. Joshua Greenwood, Judge. Action by Edward Patterson, as administrator of John Patterson, deceased, against John Eyan. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtFrick, J.
This action was brought by appellant, as administrator, of the estate of one John Patterson, deceased, to quiet title to the use of the water flowing from certain springs known as the Potsum Pah springs, situate in Pine Grove Valley, Beaver County, Utah.
The facts which we deem material, as developed at the trial, in substance, are: That the land on which the springs in question are situated is arid, and up to the time that this action was commenced continued to be unsurveyed public domain. In the year 1896 one Thomas McCune filed a desert entry on the lands surrounding the said springs,…
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