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· 3/9/1907

McEwen v. Preece

Citations

  • 45 Wash. 612
  • 88 P. 1031
  • 1907 Wash. LEXIS 524

Syllabus

<p>Waters and Water Courses — Irrigation Ditch — Prescription— Injunction Against Obstruction. Continuous and adverse possession of an irrigation ditch constructed across the lands of another, and used with one slight change for over twenty years under claim of right, establishes a prescriptive right which will be protected by injunction against obstruction of the ditch and interference with the flow of the water.</p>

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