State ex rel. Stevens v. Catlin

Citations

• 21 Wash. 423
• 58 P. 206
• 1899 Wash. LEXIS 302

Syllabus

<p>CONTEMPT-WHAT CONSTITUTES — VIOLATING INJUNCTION.</p> <p>Where a decree of court has adjudicated all of the rights of the parties before it to the waters of a certain stream and enjoined a party from using more than a certain quantity, he is guilty of contempt in using more water than he is allowed under the terms of the decree, when he asserts title under deed from one who was not a party to the decree, but fails to show any right in his grantor.</p>