Paul L. Shields v. Dry Creek Irrigation

Prior to 1903 a number of families had settled in the southeast part of Salt Lake County near what is now Holladay, and by putting the water to a beneficial use, acquired rights to use the water from Dry Creek Spring. It was used mainly for irrigation; however, six families had diverted approximately one-third of a second foot of the water into a "house-use" stream which supplied their culinary water. In 1904 these six families installed a pipe to carry this water to their homes. Later the defendant, Dry Creek Irrigation Company, replaced this pipe with a larger one.