Eaton v. Larimer & Weld Reservoir Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged breach of the conditions of a bond executed by the appellants under the terms of an order authorizing a writ of injunction to issue in a suit brought by Eaton and others against the Larimer and Weld Reservoir Company.

At the time of the inception of this controversy, The Larimer and Weld Canal Company owned and was operating a ditch for the distribution of water to the holders of water rights in a canal running through the counties of Larimer and Weld for a distance of some fifty miles. The Eatons were the owners of divers water rights…