West Side Irrigating Co. v. Chase

Citations

• 112 Wash. 579
• 192 P. 892
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 749

Syllabus

<p>Appeal (244)—Supersedeas—By Supreme Court. Upon appeal from a judgment of the superior court, affirming an order of the state hydraulic engineer, which deprived an irrigation company of a portion of its water supply needed for irrigation, the supreme court, in the exercise of its appellate and advisory jurisdiction, will grant a supersedeas where respondents are acting officially and threatening to reduce the customary supply of water, causing irreparable damage to crops, and it did not appear that any person interested had cultivated land on the strength of the judgment appealed from.</p>