Fort Morgan Land & Canal Co. v. South Platte Ditch Co.

This is a statutory proceeding instituted for the purpose of procuring an adjudication of priorities of right to the use of water for irrigation, in Water District No. 1 in Weld county. The petition was filed in the month of November, 1886, by The Platte & Beaver Improvement Company.

Upon this petition at the regular November term, 1886, of the district court of Weld county, an order was made appointing one C. A. Bennett referee. By this order the referee was directed to hear and determine such priorities in accordance with the statute regulating the procedure in such cases. Gen. Laws, 1883,…