Connolly v. Harrel

Plaintiff brought this action against the defendants to have adjudicated, as between the parties, the waters of “Skidoo” or “Hell Roaring” Creek, in Lake county. The court entered a decree awarding the defendant Rosenberger and the defendant H. E. Harrel each an appropriation of 40 inches, or approximately 1 cubic foot per second of time, of the waters of this creek, and adjudged that these appropriations were prior in point of time to any appropriation of the plaintiff from the same stream. The appeal is from the judgment.

Defendant H. E. Harrel initiated and completed an appropriation from…