Show BIG IRR IRRiGATION GATION SUIT INVOLVES ALL THE WATERS RIVER yo sPecial to The Herald OPen Ogden March h big Irr Irrigation tion suit mentioned recently in The Herald Involving the waters of Weber river for irrigation purposes es was filed today by Attorney L Ie R B Roses Roge s in the Second district court for tor the Hooper and WU Wil Wilson son lIOn Irrigation comp companies nies The n names mes ot of the different canal companies and Individuals who are made defendants i cover four pages of closely prInted matter The suit will likey grow Ito one of great yeat importance and the nurn num number her ber of attorney firms in Weber county will not supply half enough for each of the defendant companies The CO complaint alleges that Hooper had a canal taken out from near Og Ogden Ogden den in 1152 twenty feet wIde and four feet deep and tb t l n has had one I from 1870 heading near the same place feet wide by four feet deep The allegation is made that all the defendants use Ulle water to which the plaintiffs have a prior right and the suit therefore Itself into a 8 gi gigantic gigantic gantic action to quIet title The Uin UinI tab tah canals have long Jong the first I to the waters oaten on account of Ink tak InkIng Ing out the first C canals but will now flow have bave to defend and prove their titles I On the whole the suit Is 15 one of the most moet important ever planted In a Utah court by reason of the character anti the new legal principles In lion tion litigation to be brought up and the many thousands of dollars in involved Involved |