Reed v. Spicer
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Thirteenth Judicial District, Stanislaus County. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shifter, J.
This is an action of ejectment brought to recover the possession of certain premises described as “The Mountain Brow Water Company’s Ditch—consisting of dams, ditches, flumes and reservoirs used for mining and irrigating purposes, lying and being situate in the Counties of Calaveras and Stanislaus.” Trial by jury—verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The appeal is from the judgment and from the order overruling defendants’ motion for a new trial.
It appears from the record that the ditch in question crosses certain two leagues of land which, on the 25th of January, 1860,…
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