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· 5/1/1917

Lyons v. Ingle

Citations

  • 96 Wash. 95
  • 164 P. 745

Syllabus

<p>Waters and Water Courses — Private Ditch — Prescriptive Rights — Easements—License to Use. Where, under an agreement with an adjoining landowner, plaintiff was allowed to dig a ditch on the adjoining land and conduct water to his premises for irrigation, and for twenty years kept it in repair, the two owners using the ditch jointly, the evidence justifies a finding of an easement and prescriptive right to one-half the water in the ditch (overruling on rehearing Id., 91 Wash. 179).</p>

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  • noting that absent a new promise, an action to recover on a note would have been barred by the statute of limitations applicable prior to its repeal
  • action to recover on a note

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Judges: Fullerton

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