Legal Opinion
Weibert v. Rothe Bros., Inc.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided August 5, 1980No. 79SA399PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
Upon the application of Rothe Brothers, Inc. (Rothe) the water court issued a judgment and decree which awarded a water right for a new irrigation well, granted a change of point of diversion for an existing irrigation well, and approved a plan for *1369augmentation. The state engineer and Emanuel W. Weibert1 appealed. We reverse.
Rothe filed an application in the water court on February 10, 1977, for a water right for a proposed well (Rothe well) in the amount of 1.78 cfs for irrigation purposes. The water was to be used to irrigate 130 acres of land (Rothe land) surrounding the well…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Farmers Highline Canal & Reservoir Co. v. City of GoldenSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954
- City of Westminster v. ChurchSupreme Court of Colorado · 1968
- Green v. Chaffee Ditch CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1962
- Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. ChewSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
- Brighton Ditch Co. v. City of EnglewoodSupreme Court of Colorado · 1951
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3Cited by65 opinions
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- City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
- State Engineer v. Castle Meadows, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1993
- City of Aurora v. Colorado State EngineerSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005
- Santa Fe Trail Ranches Property Owners Ass'n v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1999
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