Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-29
MISISG DSBRls.
Final Decree of Judge Sawyer in the
Woodruff North Bloomfield Case.


Woodruff North Bloomfield Case.
Annexed is a copy of the final decree in
the great mining debris case Of Edward
Woodruff VS. The North Bloomfield Gravel
Mining Company and others
This cause came on TO be heard upon the
bill, answer, depositioas and other proceed
ings in the cause aud argued by counsel.
On consideration thereof, il Is by the
Court ordered, sdjudged and deoreed As
follows, to wit That as TO the defendant,
the Comfy aud Goweil Consolidated Mining
Company, the bill be and 1t is hereby dis
missed and that the defendants herein,
TO wit. The North Bloomfield Gravel Min
ing Company, and its officers, agents, ser
vsnts aud employee, and each ana all Of
them and the Milton Water and Mining
Company. aud its officers, SCENTS, servants
and employees, and each and all Of them
and the Omega Gold Mining and Ditch
Company. and iss officers, agents, servants
and employees, and each ana all Of them
Snd she Excelsior Water ana M,ciDE CG'l-
psny, and its officers, age Yts, servants and
employees. and each and all Of them
and also s. ID. Chadwick, sued herein by
the name Of D. B. Chadwick, snG Q. ID.
Campbell and the firm or partnership of
Chadwick 4 Campbell of ssld two last
named persons, and their and each
and ali of their agents, servants
and employees, and Hannah Comfy, as
executIiX Of the last will and testament Of
John Comfy, deceased, aud who is substi-
tuted as a defendant iu place of said de-
cedent and Orrin GoTsll, and their and
each and all Of their servants, agents and
employees are perpetuolly erjoined aud re-
strained from discharsing or dumping into
the Yuba river, or into any Of its forks or
branches or into any stream tributary TO
said river, or any of its forks or branches,
and especially into Deer creek, Sucker
Flat Raviue, Humhug creek, Scotchman's
creek, any of the tliiiugs, bowlders, cobhle
s ones, gravel, sand, clay, debrIs, or refuse
matter from any OF the tracts OF mineral
land or mines described il the complaint.
And, also, from causing or suffering TO flow
into said rlvers, creeks or tributary streams
aforesaid therefroin any OF the taIl,nCs,
owlders, cobble stones, gravel, sand, clay,
or refuse matter resulting or arising from
mining thereon Aud also, from allowing
others 70 use the water supply Of the said
several mines, or mining claims, or any
part thereof for the purpose OF washing
into said rivers aad streams any earth,
rocks, bowlders. clay, sand or solid ma
teriai contained in any osher placer OF
gravel ground or mine.
S5con5-That the complainant recover
OF the defendants above named, save the
Comfy and Gowell Consolidated Mining
Company, his costs in this suit, taxed at
$, and the same be paid by said de-
PENDANTS t, complainant.
Third-That tle defendants, or either of
them. may at any time hereafter apply to
this Court, due notice 70 upon the COM
plainant, or George Cadwalader, his sohc-
itor, for a modification or suspension Of
this injunction, as to such defendants or
defendant SO applying, upon any showing
which the Court msy deem sufficient, that
the conditions have been SO changed that
the discharge Of such mining debris by said
parties or party SO applying into such
streams, CT any a them, may I've resumed,
or otherwise conducted, SO a. nc: 90 create
or continue, or contribute to create or con-
tnue, the nuisance complained OF, or
nuisance Of . similsg character, and so as
not to iniure or damage, or contribute TO
injure or damage, said complainant, OF
upon any grounds hereafter arising satis-
factory TO the Court, aud for the purposes
aforesaid, the Court hereby reserves the
power 10 modify or suspend SAID iujuuc-
! tiou, in whole or in part, as the exigeucies
! and equities Of n, case Ierastrer arising
may require.
LORENZO SAWYER, Circuit Judge,
January %, 1854