Smith v. Trott

Edward Smith, hereinafter called appellant, in 1925 applied to' the water commissioner of the state of Arizona under chapter 164, Session Laws of 1919, as amended (Laws 1921, chap. 64), and commonly called the Water Code, for a permit to appropriate certain waters from Date Creek at a point known as Tres Alamos Canyon, situated about twenty miles west of Congress Junction. Immediately following the filing of this application, Wid T. Sawyer, hereinafter called appellee, filed in the office of the commissioner a protest against its allowance. A hearing was duly held before the commissioner, and…