Wood v. Woodcock

Plaintiff brought this suit to enjoin defendant, an adjoining landowner, from interfering with "spring and seepage” water on which plaintiff claimed priority pursuant to a water permit issued by the state engineer. Defendant filed a general denial and a counterclaim for trespass and to establish a prescriptive easement over plaintiff’s land.

The trial court entered a decree as follows:

"1. The defendant is hereby permanently and forever enjoined from entering on to the plaintiff’s property other than along the easement right of way. of the Watts Topping Ditch, and is forever and permanently…