Nevada Ditch Co. v. Bennett

How courts have described this case

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

• “An appropriation proper is not made until there has been an actual application of the water claimed, to some benefi- cial purpose, or some useful industry. All rights acquired prior to this time, at whatsoever step in the process, amount simply to a claim of an appropriation[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

50 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re Willow Creek
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1914-10-20· cited 65×
• Smith v. Denniff
  Montana Supreme Court· 1900-03-12· cited 63×
• Hutchinson v. Watson Slough Ditch Co.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1909-05-08· cited 45×
• United States v. Alpine Land & Reservoir Co.
  D. Nevada· 1980-10-28· cited 41×
• Murphy v. Kerr
  D. New Mexico· 1923-12-20· cited 34×
• Klamath Irrigation District v. United States
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2010-03-11· cited 33×
• Oregon Construction Co. v. Allen Ditch Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1902-06-30· cited 33×
• McCall v. Porter
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1902-12-15· cited 33×
• Williams v. Altnow
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1908-04-28· cited 29×
• Sowards v. Meagher
  Utah Supreme Court· 1910-01-22· cited 28×
• First State Bank of Alamogordo v. McNew
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1928-06-25· cited 25×
• Fort Vannoy Irrigation District v. Water Resources Commission
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2008-07-10· cited 24×
• Sand Point Water & Light Co. v. Panhandle Development Co.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1905-11-10· cited 24×
• Vineyard Land & Stock Co. v. Twin Falls Salmon River Land & Water Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1917-08-06· cited 24×
• Steptoe Live Stock Co. v. Gulley
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1931-02-04· cited 23×
• McPhee v. Kelsey
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1903-11-23· cited 22×
• Seaweard v. Pacific Livestock Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1907-03-05· cited 21×
• United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility District
  S.D. California· 1958-08-08· cited 20×
• State v. Anderson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1924-03-19· cited 20×
• State ex rel. Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie v. Superior Court
  Washington Supreme Court· 1912-10-10· cited 20×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simmons v. Winters
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1891-06-24· cited 66×
• Wyatt v. Larimer & Weld Irrigation Co.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1893-01-15· cited 65×
• Barnes v. Sabron
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1875-07-15· cited 54×
• Vansickle v. Haines
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1872-01-15· cited 44×
• Hindman v. Rizor
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1891-06-24· cited 39×
• Low v. Schaffer
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1893-06-29· cited 39×
• Hargrave v. Cook
  California Supreme Court· 1895-07-11· cited 37×
• Wimer v. Simmons
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1895-02-11· cited 35×
• Cole v. Logan
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1893-06-29· cited 31×
• Low v. Rizor
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1894-06-28· cited 29×
• Drake v. Earhart
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1890-03-06· cited 21×
• Woolman v. Garringer
  Montana Supreme Court· 1872-08-15· cited 17×
• Moss v. Rose
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1895-07-20· cited 14×
• Union Mill & Min. Co. v. Ferris
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada· 1872-05-28· cited 10×
• Peregoy v. Mckissick
  California Supreme Court· 1889-07-03· cited 6×