Offield v. Ish

Citations

• 21 Wash. 277
• 57 P. 809
• 1899 Wash. LEXIS 276

Syllabus

<p>WATERS — RIGHTS BY APPROPRIATION-IRRIGATION.</p> <p>Appropriation of water for irrigation consists in the intention, accompanied hy reasonable diligence, to use the water for the purposes originally contemplated at the time of its diversion.</p> <p>SAME-CUSTOM OP ACQUISITION.</p> <p>The custom of the acquisition of the right to water for use in irrigation existed upon public lands of the United States in 1877.</p> <p>SAME — LOCATION OE STREAM — POINT OE DIVERSION — EEFECT ON RIGHTS.</p> <p>The right of appropriation of water for irrigation is not controlled by the location of the stream with reference to the premises which are irrigated, or by the change from time to time of the point of diversion.</p>