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Title: Rock Creek Ditch Etc. Co. v. Miller
Author : Supreme Court of Montana
Release Date : January 05, 1933
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 74 KB

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Waters and Water Rights ? Seepage and Percolation ? What Constitutes "Developed" Water ? Recapture of Seepage Water ? When not Permissible. Waters and Water Rights ? Seepage from Ditches into Natural Stream Belongs to Public. 1. Where water, after use in irrigation, through percolation or seepage joins a natural stream it becomes a part thereof; the title of the former owner ceases, and the water then belongs to the public and is subject to appropriation. Same ? Corpus of Running Water not Subject of Private Ownership. 2. The corpus of running water in a natural stream is not a subject of private ownership; the appropriator of water therefrom merely acquires the right to its beneficial use so long as his possession continues; where it escapes, the portion escaping is abandoned. Same ? "Waste Water" ? Definition. 3. "Waste water" becomes such when it is actually wasted or not needed by the claimant, or which has served its purpose and is