Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-06
SPECIAL TERM DISTRICT
COURT NOW IN SESSION
Richard Bennett Starts Suit TO Settle
Water Rights on Canyon
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Judgc Lyttleton PriCc arrived
here Sunday and in the afternoon
opened the special term of the dis
trict court He says that he, thinks
it will last not more than ten
days and is expediting business
as fast as possible. In the first
call of the calendar most Of the cases
were passed. The following is the.
business disposed of thus far.
Citizens State bank VS.. Charles
Eddington and w. E. Wilson, suit
for 5000; judgment by default.
M. L. Davis ct al. VS.. John
White ct al, involving title to
mining claims; settled.
E. T. ]. Sethcp VS.. Marion
House, to adjust title to property
on Canyon street where plaintiffs
photograph gallery stands; in pro-
/ cess of settlement.
w. L. Thurman, VS.. Elnoro
county, appeal from county conmis-
sioners, in the matter OF the steel
bridge over Boise river; set for trial
! lOodJ cito thONiOi " dlolitoo al X dCA
this forenoon and denied.
Great Western Beet Sugar Co.
VS.. Richard Bennett, involving
Canyon creek water rights; con-
tinued.
Oregon Short Line railroad VS..
F. M. Hartman, title to property at
Gienn's Ferry; defendant demurred
to complaint, argued, demurrer sus-
, tanied and new complaint must be
J prepared and filed within thirty
| days. Other similar cases hinge on
; same point of law.
; Childs VS.. Fields, appealed from
probste court; in process of set
: tlement.
5 Chicago Lumber company VS.. ].
l w. Caldwell, motion to dismiss
: agrued and now under advisement
: by the court.
d P. H. Ouirk VS.. Henry Crabb.
s involving title to land at Atlanta /;
y demurrer.
o State VS.. William Thomas,
t charged with assault with intent to
kill, arraigned, plead not guilty and
trial set for next Wednesday.
State VS.. William West, charged
with horse stealing; trial set for
: Monday.
d William Hanna, stealing sheep;
e dismissed defendant died a few
If weeks since.
;s William McGinncss and Ed Muir.
al ray, daylight burglary, robbing sec.
+ tion house between here and the
,e Ferry; plead guilty, not yet sen.
G fenced.
as Jack Rood, assault with a deadl,
in weapon on a woman at Glenn
el Ferry, trial set for Saturday.
Sc Yesterday afternoon the cour
ut listened to an argument for a ncv
n. trial in personal damage cas-
or against the o. S. L. from Bannocl
ch county. Judge Price presided a
an the time of the trial, when yer
EN- dict was awarded the plaintiff. II
is denied a motion for a new trial
o. Attorney A. B. Cough, of Mont
pelier, represented the plaintiff an
Attorney D. w. Clark, OF Pocatellc
the railroad company.
Tuesday there was filed the CON
ter plant in the long expected actic
ate to settle titles to water rights c
.er Canyon creek. 1t is the case
.rn Richard Bennett and John Diem
.m VS.. F. A. Nourse ct al, seventet
ac- defendants in all, including Ak
ate Lockman, Chattin, Garrett, Il
bv Stubbs and other estates. Wyms
,rk & Wyman, OF Boise, are attorne
md for plaintiffs.
yet The complaint alleges that r.
as Tregazkis, from whom Richa
any Bennett secured his title, posted
on notice and secured his right to 4
be- inches of water April 10, 1873
red and that John Dienst did the sar
: is for the same amount OF water APP
ion 20, 1885; that they compliediwi
ces the law in regard TO diggi
axe ditches and using the water, a
ng, that all rights claimed to Cany
red creek water are subsequent in de-
rior to theirs. They ask for a perp'
'uld ual injunction restraining defer
nlly ants from interfering with them
NAL the use of this wster and su
was damage as the court may see fit
award.