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GILLESPIE LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY v. GONZALEZ

No. 6919.

93 Ariz. 152 (1963)

379 P.2d 135

The GILLESPIE LAND AND IRRIGATION COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, and Gila River Ranch, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Appellants, v. Ruben GONZALEZ et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arizona. En Banc.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings, Strouss, Salmon & Trask, Phoenix, for appellant Gillespie Land and Irrigation Co.

Snell & Wilmer, Phoenix, for appellant Gila River Ranch, Inc.

Harry A. Stewart, Jr., Phoenix, and Leon S. Jacobs, Phoenix, for appellees.

BERNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

On August 19, 1957, a cloudburst occurred in the vicinity of the Sand Tank Mountains south of the city of Gila Bend, Arizona. Water draining from this area flowed down Sand Tank Wash (designated Wash No. 2, on the accompanying diagram) and Washes No. 1 and No. 3 toward the Gila River, which runs north of the city of Gila Bend. Near the city of Gila Bend, Sand Tank Wash and Wash No. 1 intersect the Gila Bend Canal, a waterway system at that...

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