Hagie v. Lincoln Land Co.

KENNEDY, District Judge.

This is a proceeding in which the plaintiff seeks to secure a decree of abandonment and declaration of forfeiture of water rights held by the defendant. A brief history of the litigation follows:

The plaintiff brought the proceeding before the State Board of Control under the provisions of the Wyoming statute, sections 122-401 to-122-432, Wyoming Revised Statutes 1931, to secure a declaration of abandonment and forfeiture of defendant’s water rights represented by Fox creek ditch No. 2 and Fox creek ditch No. 3, appropriations, as of priority No. 22 in the adjudication…