Trinchera Ranch Co. v. Trinchera Irrigation District

The Trinchera Irrigation District, the plaintiff below, referred to in this opinion as the petitioner, obtained a decree permitting it to change thirteen points of diversion on three creeks in Water District No. 35, in Costilla county. The Trinchera Ranch Company and others, defendants below, referred to in this opinion as the protestants, seek a reversal of that decree as to twelve of such changes. The three creeks have their rise in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range; the Trinchera flows to the west; the Sangre de Cristo lies to the north and flows first in a westerly direction, then to…