Legal Opinion
Elk-Rifle Water Company v. Templeton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided February 1, 1971No. 22917PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This matter involves a contest as to priority dates, concerning unadjudicated water in Main Elk Creek, Garfield County. Plaintiff in error, Elk-Rifle Water Company (Elk-Rifle herein) seeks to appropriate the water of Main Elk Creek for its Elk-Rifle Water Supply Project, while defendant in error, S. H. Templeton, for and on behalf of Socony Mobil Oil Company (Templeton or Mobil herein) desires to appropriate essentially the same water for the Main Elk Wheeler Gulch Pipeline and the Main Elk Reservoir.
The adjudication proceeding was first opened on August 27, 1957. The lower court ordered all…
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