Silverstein v. Carlson

JOHNSON, Justice.

This is a water rights case. The primary issue presented is whether the trial court correctly interpreted a prior adjudication of water rights as establishing priority to the use of certain waters and properly apportioned the rights to the water. We hold that there was substantial and competent evidence to support the interpretation of the trial court, that the trial court used the appropriate method of allocating the rights to the water, and that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in rejecting certain exhibits offered at trial.

We also hold that the trial court was…