Kansas Statutes 42-106. Works constructed prior to 1884
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 42-106
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
Where any canal, ditch, flume or aqueduct which is the property of any individual, company, or corporation, and is used for the purpose of irrigating lands, has been located or constructed on or over any tract of land with the knowledge or consent of the owner of such lands, or upon or over any tract of land owned by the United States, and prior to the occupation of the same by any settler for the purpose of entry under any act of congress, such location and construction shall be prima facie evidence that the same was rightful; and such canal, ditch, flume or aqueduct shall be deemed and held to come within the provisions and protection of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 42-122: Provided, however, That such canal, ditch, flume or aqueduct shall have been constructed for a period of at least two years prior to the first day of January, A.D. eighteen hundred and eighty-six.