Geary v. Harper

Mary J. Geary and others, as the heirs at law of Daniel Geary, brought suit against William Praast, Willis Dilts, Virgil Harper, Kate L. Shellooe, Joseph Harper and others to secure a decree fixing and determining the respective rights of the parties, plaintiffs and defendants, in and to the waters of Ward Creek, in Powell county.

The plaintiffs alleged that they had rights superior to all of the defendants, and prayed that they be decreed 200 miner’s inches of the waters of the creek as of date May 1, 1880, a like amount as of May 5, 1886, and a like amount as of May 24, 1893.

With the…