Presbyterian College of Southwest v. Poole

This is an appeal from a decree of the district court of Rio Grande county adjudicating in favor of the appellee a priority of right to the use of water for irrigation in proceedings instituted under the irrigation statutes passed for that purpose.

Appellee’s ditch, the lands irrigated thereby, and San Francisco creek, a natural stream from which the water is taken, are all situate in Rio Grande county.. Water district No. 20 extends into Costilla, Conejos and Rio Grande counties. In 1889, in the district court of Costilla county, proceedings were duly instituted under said statutes for the…