Brand v. Lienkaemper
Citations
- 72 Wash. 547
- 130 P. 1147
- 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1510
Syllabus
<p>Waters and Water Courses — Easements—Prescriptive Right— Common Use. An easement for the maintenance of a waste ditch, as an outlet for surplus water used in irrigation, wbieb passes by implication by a conveyance of the dominant estate, is established by prescription, where it appears that there has been continuous, uninterrupted use, along a uniform route, adverse to the owner, while he was able in law to assert and enforce his rights, the use being for irrigation; and it is immaterial that the use was common with others.</p> <p>Same — Continuous Use. Whether such a use was continuous depends upon whether it was used at such times as it was needed.</p>
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- “A constitutional court cannot acquire jurisdiction by agreement or stipulation.”
- \A constitutional court cannot acquire jurisdiction by agreement or stipulation.\
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Judges: Gose
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