Legal Opinion
Worley v. United States Borax and Chemical Corp.
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1967No. 8245PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOOD, Judge, Court of Appeals.
The appeal involves the right to water of a downstream senior appropriator as against upstream junior appropriators. All water rights involved are rights to divert water from the Pecos River.
Plaintiff alleged that he had the use of a water right senior to the rights of Public Service (Southwestern Public Service Company) and the City of Carlsbad. He alleged that he shared a portion of this senior right with Borax (United States Borax and Chemical Corporation). An undisputed affidavit shows that Borax had additional rights junior to the senior right shared…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. State Game Commission v. Red River Valley Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1945
- Snow v. AbalosNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1914
- State Ex Rel. Erickson v. McLeanNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1957
- Vogel v. Minnesota Canal & Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1910
- Donich v. JohnsonMontana Supreme Court · 1926
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Matkins v. Zero Refrigerated Lines, Inc.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 1979
- Montoya v. City of AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1970
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