Spokane Ranch & Water Co. v. Beatty
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Broadwater County; W. B. C. Stewart, Judge. Action by tbe Spokane Ranch and "Water Company against George Beatty and others. From a judgment for plaintiff and certain of the defendants, George Beatty and other of the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith
This action involves rights to the use of the waters of Beaver Creek, in Broadwater county. The pleadings are voluminous, and it seems unnecessary to recite them in detail.
It appears that the plaintiff claims a water right of one thousand inches, dated August 1, 1866, and that the defendant city of Helena claims six water rights appropriated during the year 1865. Five of these water rights may be designated as the agricultural rights, and one as the placer mining right. The five agricultural rights aggregate three hundred and twenty-eight inches of water, and the placer mining right is one…
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