LOS ANGELES MILLING CO. v. LOS ANGELES

No. 137.

217 U.S. 217 (1910)

30 S.Ct. 452

54 L.Ed. 736

LOS ANGELES FARMING AND MILLING COMPANY v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.M. Widney for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.B. Mathews and Mr. John F. Dillon, with whom Mr. Leslie R. Hewitt and Mr. John C. Thomson were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The city of Los Angeles brought suit in the Superior Court of the county of Los Angeles against the Los Angeles Farming and Milling Company, hereinafter called the Milling Company, to quiet the title of the city to the use of the waters of the Los Angeles River. The city of Los Angeles is situated on the Los Angeles River, a non-navigable stream rising in the San Fernando Valley and mountains adjacent, and flowing...

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