RUSSELL v. HOOPER IRRIGATION COMPANY

No. 10929.

20 Utah 2d 173 (1967)

435 P.2d 294

DUANE P. RUSSELL AND VERLENE RUSSELL, HIS WIFE, AND JOHN DALE RUSSELL, PLAINTIFFS AND APPELLANTS, v. HOOPER IRRIGATION COMPANY, A CORPORATION ET AL., DEFENDANTS AND RESPONDENTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

December 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E.J. Skeen, Salt Lake City, for appellants.

Glen E. Fuller, Salt Lake City, for respondents.


HENRIOD, Justice:

Appeal from a summary judgment of no cause of action in an action for trespass. Reversed, with costs to the Russells.

Russells were the third property owners down a road having easements in a lateral irrigation ditch, the water for which it was used furnished by Hooper. A condemnation action was decided upon by the latter to widen, extend and improve the channel. On December 7, 1959, a contractor was employed by Hooper. Over the objection...

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