Yardley v. Swapp

CROCKETT, Justice.

Plaintiff John Yardley brought this action to obtain an adjudication of water rights of himself and the three named defendants in two small streams, Minnie or Little Creek, and Castle Creek. They are part of the eastward drainage of the Mark-agunt Plateau, and are tributaries to the Sevier River in Garfield County, Utah. He also sought damages for defendants’ alleged invasion of his rights to use such waters; and injunctive relief to protect against interference in the future. The defendants denied his claims and also counterclaimed seeking adjudications of their own rights…