Kean v. Welch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that one person could hold legal title to a water right while another holds equitable title
• concluding mutual water company acted as agent of shareholders who put water to beneficial use and owned water rights
• explaining that a mutual water company organized for the purpose of transmitting and delivering water appropriated by its shareholders held the water right as a trustee for the use and benefit of its shareholders
• concluding stockholders of mutual water company owned water rights
• looking to the nature of the relationship

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).