Smith v. Hawkins
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Nevada County. John Caldwell, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The Court.
Action begun in October, 1892, to quiet, the alleged title of plaintiffs to a dam, ditch, and water right for the diversion of the waters of Wolf creek in Nevada county. As early as the year 1862 one John Ross was in possession of the ditch and sold water from the same. The ditch claimed by plaintiff? is two-thirds of a mile in length; its original capacity was four hundred and fifty-seven inches of water, though it seems to be now so filled up as to be capable of carrying about one hundred inches only. Plaintiffs claim in virtue of a deed to them executed by Ross in March, 1888,…
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