Van Horne v. Trousdale

In September, 1909, Jack Raynolds acquired an unimproved tract of land in the Rio Grande Valley in El Paso county. He cleared, and placed same in cultivation, and in 1910 constructed a ditch running east and west along the north line of the land. This ditch was constructed and used for the purpose of conveying water to the land for irrigation. It was connected with, and the water obtained from, the La Union irrigation ditch, which ran north and south to the west of the Raynolds land. The Canutillo lateral ditch branched off from the La Ufiion ditch at a point northwest of the Raynolds land,…