Osnes Livestock Co. v. Warren

This action was brought to secure an adjudication of the water rights of the plaintiffs and the defendants to the waters of Cottonwood Creek, rising in the southerly part of the High-wood Mountains and flowing easterly in Chouteau county. By appropriate pleadings the various parties set up their respective claims for appropriations made by themselves or their predecessors. The action was tried to the court. Findings of fact were made and filed, and thereafter a decree was entered in conformity therewith. This appeal is from the judgment perfected by the defendant Warren.

The trial court…