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Canal and prioi* to the right of the Centerville and Kingsburg Irrigation Ditch 

 Company to 600 cubic feet per second. On appeal. 



May 9, 1900, a judgment, based on agreement between the Last Chance Water 

 Ditch Company and the 76 Land and Water Company (Alta Irrigation District), 

 decrees to the Last Chance Water Ditch Company the priorit\' of right to 217 cubic 

 feet of the water per second from Kings River: subject to this prior right it was 

 decreed that the 76 Land and Water Company (Alta Irrigation District) is entitled to 

 750 cubic feet per second. 



April 17, 1885, a judgment was entered denj'ing the owners of the Laguna de 

 Tache Rancho the right to divert more than 30 cubic feet of water per second from 

 Kings River or Cole Slough until the Lower Kings River Water Ditch Company is 

 first supplied with 100 cubic feet per second. 



March 16, 1892, a judgment was entered declaring the Lower Kings River Canal 

 entitled to 159 cubic feet of water per second, subject to a prior right of the Fresno 

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

 dismissed. 



July 23, 1895, a judgment was entered on the basis of an agreement or stipula- 

 tion with the Peoples Ditch Company, according to which priority of right to a cer- 

 tain amount of water — 25 to 100 cubic feet per second (not intelligible from the 

 abstract at command) — is conceded to the Lower Kings River Water Ditch Company. 



October 4, 1897, a court decree was entered declai'ing the Lower Kings River 

 Water Ditch Compan}' to be entitled (subject to a prior right of the Laguna de Tache 

 Rancho to 30 cubic feet per second) to 100 cubic feet per second, as against any 

 claim to water bj' the Peoples Water Ditch Companj' and the Last Chance Water 

 Ditch Companj. 



February 25, 1900, the Lower Kings River Ditch Company is decreed to have a 

 right to 182 cubic feet of water per second prior and superior to the right of the 

 Centerville and Kingsburg Irrigation Ditch Companj- to 19 cubic feet per second, 

 and to 600 cubic feet per second (the 19 cubic feet per second belonging to the 

 Arkansas Flat people). On appeal. 



Based on an action commenced Julv 20, 1898, a judgment was entered bj- agree- 

 ment with the 76 Land and Water Company (Alta Irrigation District), according to 

 which a prior right to 182 cubic feet of water per second from Kings River was 

 decreed to the Lower Kings River W^ater Ditch Company, and subject to this right 

 it was decreed that the 76 Land and Water Company (Alta Irrigation District) is 

 entitled to 750 cubic feet per second. 



June 4, 1898, bj^ stipulation of the Crescent Canal Companj- with the Stimson 

 Canal Companj-, a judgment was entered by the court that the Cresent Canal should 

 have the first right to 213 feet of water for each foot. 50 inches of water flowing and 

 measured under a i-inch pressure. 



June 4, 1898, bj- stipulation of the Stimson Canal Companj- with the Crescent 

 Canal Companj-, a judgment was entered bj- the court allowing the Stimson Canal 

 Companj- to construct a headgate in a dam or levee at or near the North Fork of 

 Kings River, but not to deprive the Crescent Canahfrom first taking the quantitj- of 

 water which it has been accustomed to take, to wit, 213 feet for each foot, 50 inches 

 of water flowing and measured under a 4-inch pressure. 



