75 P. 368 | Utah | 1904
Tbe complaint in tbis case was filed on tbe twenty-fourtb of December, 1902, and it is alleged therein: That Bountiful City was incorporated
That said ordinance, is still in force and operative as the law of said city. The defendants, D. C. Lee, Chas. P. Hogan, William Winegar, Wallace Muir, Levi Muir, Harry Muir, and Joseph C. Wood, and each of them, and their predecessors in interest, and each of them, are, and at all times mentioned herein were, severally and separately the owners of farms and gardens and homes in Davis county, State of Utah, situate to the west of and outside the corporate limits of Bountiful City; and they and each of them, and their and each of their predecessors in interest, are, and for more than 30 years have been, the owners .and users of a portion of the waiters of said Mill Creek, and at all times mentioned herein have conveyed their portion of the waters of the said Mill creek along and through the said South Branch of the West Bountiful Mill Creek Water Ditch over and across said Fourth West street to their said farms, gardens, and homes. That the defendant Gr. W. Roberts i»
The appellant contends that the complaint contains facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and that therefore the judgment is erroneous. It is clear that the recovery sought by plaintiff is not authorized by the provisions of the city ordinance set out in the complaint, and that the other alleged facts are not sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.