Dalpez v. Nix

The plaintiffs in error were respondents below and will be herein referred to as respondents, or separately as Dalpez and the water company. The defendant in error, J. W. Nix, was the petitioner and will be herein so designated, or as Nix.

This action was brought by the petitioner to secure an adjudication of his right to the use of water for irrigation which he alleged was developed from seepage and springs on lands to which reference will herein be made as the Dunham lands. The proceeding is brought under chapter 112 of the Session Laws of Colorado, 1905, being section 1766, O. L. 1921.…