The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1912-01-26
IMPORTANT CASES
NEXT COURT Term
MANY VARIED DITCH HEARINGS
Local Bank Seeks to Hold Company
Directors Responsible for OBJ
legations of That Com
pany.

trict court for this county Will coh-
vene on Tuesday, February 18th,
with Judge Sprigg Shackelford
presiding. The docket for the term
comprises several very important
cases-contests that will be hard
fought-and the term will therefore
be of considerable length. The civii
docket contains forty-seven cases.
after thorough weeding-out process
in which many old counts were dis
missed or stricken out at the last
September term. Some of the I'M
portant cases to be heard in FEB
ruary are as follows:
In the matter of the adjudica-
lion of water rights. priorities. re-
argument and review affecting Cur
rant Creek Ditch. the VanTuyl ditch
the Burt ditch. the Burt and Thomp
son ditch, the Buckley ditch and the
Mineral Springs ditch.
Eli Jones, ct. al. VS.. f. J. Chinn.
This is an action TO establish lost
or disputed boundaries. The land
1nNOlNtu Is near aoi4Ah anu NA+N So
terests are heavy.
+. c. Carstarpnen VS.. A. J. Smith.
This suit was commenced in the dis
trict court OF Denver and venue
changed to this county. The demand
Is for $3.50 which is claimed to be
due from defendant TO plaintiff for
services rendered as consulting
engineer in some matters connect
ed with the construction of the
North Delta canal. Defendant de-
nics the Indebtedness.
Hussey vs. Simpson. suit growing
out OF sale OF land in which plain
tiff says he did not get the water
that he should have gotten.
J. w. Truesdale VS. Claude McMil-
Ian ct. al, suit for damages on ac-
count of beating plaintiff. who was
marshall of the town OF Hotchkiss.
Amount claimed $4,000.
II. II. Hooker VS. Wesley Adams,
suit growing out of sale of improve
ments on public lands situated on
a tributary of the North Fork above
Paonia.
Highline Ditch and El'gt. Co.
VS. j. +. Hanson ct. al. This is
big equity suit involving the e1is-
tence of certain decress for water
on I<eroua Creek. The pleadings are
long and the suit will be hotly con-
tested to the end. NJ. ID. Vincent
of Paonia represents the plaintifss
and Stewart q King and Goudy
Twitchell the defendants. 1t seems
from the complaint that in April
1901. an adjudication was had. sup
posedly for the waters OF the North
Fork. At this hearing no bitches
from Leroux Creek appeared except
the Cow Creek ditch. the other Le-
roux Creek bitches being under the
impression that no Leroux Creek
priorities were to be adjudicated.
The Cow Creek ditch obtained de-
cree and now claims priority over
plaintiffs in this action. This suit
is brought to enjoin defendants from
taking water awarded by decree No.
15 for the reason that plaintiffs new
er had notice of the adjudication.
Aaron Clough ct. al. VS. Excel
sior Fruit Co. ct. al. Another big
irrigation suit with nearly all the
attorneys in the county on one side
or the other. The subject matter
of the case involves the ownership of
portions of a priority of water right
out of Minnesota Creek. 1t is very
interesting but space forbids our
giving detailed statement OF the
case.
The Delta National Bank vs Lu-
ellen ct. al. Action to hold direc-
tors of n corporation liable for the
debts of the company because they
have neglected to file with the sec
rotary OF state their annual state
ment showing the condition of the
company. Amount of claim about
$5,7O0.
Chas II. Chaplin VS. ID. M. Waite
ct nj. An action by plaintiff to
quiet title to reservoir named the
uighline reservoir, situated in the
North Fork country.
George II. Whitelaw vs Nettie M.
Green ct. al. Action to foreclose
mortgage.
c. C. owen vs. the North Fork
l.. n II. Co. This action was begun