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Kings River Water Ditch Company has a prior right to 182 c-ubic feet of water per 

 second from Kings River, and that subject to this right the 76 Canal is entitled to 

 750 cubic feet per second. 



September 19, 1893, a judgment was entered decreeing a priority' of right to 200 

 cubic feet per second to the Peoples Ditch Companj- as against the claims of the 76 

 Land and Water Companj' and the Alta Irrigation District, also giving judgments 

 against the 76 Land and Water Companj- and the Alta Irrigation District for $11,869 

 and costs. Affirmed by supreme court. 



July 23, 1895, a judgment was entered, based on an agreement or stipulation, 

 according to which a priorit3' of right to a certain amount of water — 25 to 100 cubic 

 feet per second (not intelligible in the abstract at command) — is conceded by the 

 Peoples Ditch Company to the Lower Kings River Water Ditch Companj'. 



October 4, 1897, a decree was entered declaring the Peoples Water Ditch Com- 

 pany entitled to 200 cubic feet per second, subject to a prior right of the Laguna de 

 Tache Rancho to 30 cubic feet per second, and of the Lower Kings River Water Ditch 

 Compan}' to 100 cubic feet per second. 



May 15, 1899, the Peoples Ditch Company obtained judgment against the 

 owners of the Laguna de Tache Rancho, who endeavored to prevent the taking of 

 water by the canal, and for i50 cubic feet of water per second. Affii'med bj' supreme 

 court November 10, 1893. 



Februarj^ 25, 1900, the Peoples Ditch Companj' is decreed to have a right to 274 

 cubic feet of water per second prior and superior to the right of the Arkansas Flat 

 people to divert 19 cubic feet per second through the Centerville and Kingsburg 

 Canal, and prior to the right of the Centerville and Kingsburg Irrigation Ditch 

 Company to divert 600 cubic feet per second. On appeal. 



May 3, 1886, a judgment was entered enjoining the Last Chance Water Ditch 

 Company from placing or maintaining a dam or in anj' wise obstructing the full flow 

 of water in the head of Cole Slough, and from enlarging the channel of Lower Kings 

 River at the head of Cole Slough. 



March 6, 1892, a judgment was entered declaring the Last Chance Canal to be 

 entitled to 190 cubic feet per second, suVjject to the prior right of the Fresno Canal 

 and Irrigation Companj- to 100 cubic feet per second. Appealed and appeal 

 dismissed. 



April 13, 1897, the Last Chance Water Ditch Companj' is adjudged to be the 

 owner of 250 cubic feet of water. (Last Chance Water Ditch Company v. The 

 Upper Leinberger Slough Companj^ et al.) 



October 5, 1897, a decree was entered declaring that when the quantitj^ of water 

 flowing in the river is in excess of 300 cubic feet per second, the Last Chance Water 

 Ditch Company is entitled, at all times, as against the Peoples Water Ditch Companj- 

 and the Lower Kings River Water Ditch Companj', to divert into its canal all of 

 such excess, less a pro rata contribution toward 30 cubic feet per second, to which 

 the Laguna de Tache Rancho is given a prior right, until the excess equals 100 cubic 

 feet per second. 



Februarj- 25, 1900. the Last Chance Water Ditch Company was decreed to have 

 a right to 217 cubic feet per second prior and superior to 19 cubic feet per second 

 which the Arkansas Flat i)eople may divert through the Centerville and Kingsburg 



