Field v. Oklahoma Water Resources Board

HARGRAVE, Justice.

The appellant, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, appeals from a judgment of the District Court of Texas County reversing an administrative determination of the Water Resources Board. That determination listed those individuals possessing' a prior ground water right of use under the provisions of 82 O.S.Supp.1972 § 1020.14. The result of the administrative hearing was a determination that plaintiffs, Larry L. Field and David K. Petty, did not possess a prior right to withdraw water from the Ogallala ground water basin in Texas County, dating from, and based upon, their 1970…