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CALIFORNIA v. DESERET WATER, & c. CO.

No. 269.

243 U.S. 415 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 394

61 L.Ed. 821

STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. DESERET WATER, OIL & IRRIGATION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 26, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Nourse, Deputy Attorney General of the State of California, with whom Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General of the State of California, was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles F. Consaul, with whom Mr. A.H. Ricketts and Mr. W.H. Metson were on the briefs, for defendant in error.

Mr. Charles D. Mahaffie, Solicitor for the Department of the Interior, Mr. C. Edward Wright and Mr. Oscar W. Lange, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the United States as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The Deseret Water, Oil & Irrigation Company brought a proceeding in condemnation in the Superior Court of Mono County, California, against the State of California, to appropriate by right of eminent domain certain lands in that State, for the purpose of preserving and maintaining water rights, equipping and operating canals, etc., to be used in supplying water and power...

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