Stickney v. Hanrahan
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. At and long after the time of plaintiff’s purchase from Smith, the state of the law governing this right is shown by many eases in several of the western states. In Nevada, Water Go. v. Powell, 34 Cal. 109, 91 Am. Dec. 685, the court says that the first appropriator is entitled to use and enjoy the water to the full extent of his original appropriation. This has been followed in Lot) dell v. Simpson, 2 Nev. 274; Ophir Silver Min.
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APPEAL from District Court, Blaine County. At and long after the time of plaintiff’s purchase from Smith, the state of the law governing this right is shown by many eases in several of the western states. In Nevada, Water Go. v. Powell, 34 Cal. 109, 91 Am. Dec. 685, the court says that the first appropriator is entitled to use and enjoy the water to the full extent of his original appropriation. This has been followed in Lot) dell v. Simpson, 2 Nev. 274; Ophir Silver Min. Co. v. Carpenter, 4 Nev. 543, 97 Am. Dee. 550; Barnes v. Sabron, 10 Nev. 217, 90 Am. Dee. 537; Paige v. Pocicy Ford Canal…
1Per curiam
This action was commenced by the appellant, as plaintiff, in the district court of the fourth judicial district, in and for Blaine county, against the respondent James N. Hanrahan and seventeen others, as defendants, to settle the rights and priorities of all the parties to the use of the waters flowing in that certain stream, known as "Antelope creek.” The pleadings are very voluminous, eight of* the defendants answering separately and filing cross-complaints. The other defendants failed to appear. The cause was tried by the court, findings of fact made, and the decree of the court entered…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Mahoney v. NeiswangerIdaho Supreme Court · 1899
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