In Re Determination of Water Rights of Owyhee River

Contest No. I.

COSHOW, J.

There are two questions involved in this contest, namely: The right of contestants Wm. F. Stine, Wm. Weidermann and Carlton Fretwell, who are also the appellants here, to be awarded the flow of the Owyhee River to their wheels undiminished in quantity, except by the Happy Valley Ditch as it existed at the time of the contest. The Happy Valley Ditch is owned by J. B. McCain, W. S. Skinner and J. E. McDonnell, who are contestees and respondents here. The other question involved in this contest is the right of the contestee to sufficient water to irrigate not only the…