THE STONY CREEK WATER WARS
Glenn County - Tehama County - Colusa County , California.
(c) 2009, Mike Barkley
Answer to Petition for Dismissal by Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District

[A transcription of the document on file in the Angle Archives
Crucial because it shows the filing that caused the court to reject the Government's efforts to dismiss downstream riparian and underflow users.

In straight text without elaborate formatting. Any editorial comments by me are contained within brackets, "[]", which you may delete easily after downloading the "page source" to your own editing software if your browser allows source downloading. ]

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IN THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND DIVISION - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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FILED June 20, 1922
Walter B. Maling, Clerk
By Thomas J. Franklin
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HANKINS & HANKINS
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
918 PACIFIC BUILDING
SANFRANCISCO, CAL.

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IN THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND DIVISION
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

vs.

H. C. ANGLE, et al.,
Defendants.

IN EQUITY
No. 30

ANSWER TO PETITION FOR DISMISSAL BY GLENN-COLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT

Now comes the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, a public corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, and as the successor in interest of Sacramento Valley West Side Canal Co. and Sacramento Valley Irrigation Co., a corporation, and answering the plaintiff's petition for dismissal as to certain defendants, for setting down of the cause for trial, and as to related mattes, files its objections thereto, as follows: I. This defendant objects to its dismissal as a party defendant in the foregoing action for the reason that its claim to certain interests and rights to certain waters of Stony Creek as against the United States is based upon a certain contract referred to and described in its answer on file herein. II. That this defendant objects to the dismissal of any of the so called lower river parties, as such dismissal would mean the commencement and maintenance of new actions as between the parties it involved, and would mean a multiplicity of actions concerning the same subject matter. 1.

III That it would be to the benefit of all parties concerned to have a complete adjudication of all rights to water in Stony Creek adjudicated in this action. IV. That it would be to the interest of said plaintiff to obtain an adjudication of all rights on Stony Creek, in that this defendant and its predecessors in interest were among the first appropriators of water of said Stony Creek, and that the rights assigned to said plaintiff, under and by virtue of said agreement between said plaintiff and the predecessors in interest of this defendant, are of great value and entitle the said plaintiff to superior rights over other appropriators.

WHEREFORE, this defendant prays that plaintiff's said motion to dismiss said action as to certain defendants be denied and for such further order and relief as may be proper in the premises,

HANKINS & HANKINS

BY [illegible]
Attorneys and Solicitors for
Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District.

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--Mike Barkley, 161 N. Sheridan Ave. #1, Manteca, CA 95336 (H) 209/823-4817
mjbarkl@inreach.com