Ernst v. Superior Court of Apache County

WINDES, Justice.

John Harris Crosby filed with the state land commissioner, Roger Ernst, two applications for permits to appropriate water, one for domestic use to serve fifty homes and homesites in Greer, Arizona, and one for domestic, livestock and garden use. Mrs. E. G. Dentzer and Mrs. Floyd Rogers filed applications for like permits to appropriate for domestic and livestock use. The Lyman Water Co., St. Johns Irrigation and Ditch Company, Round Valley Water Users Association and certain individuals filed protests to the granting of the permits upon the ground that protestants had prior,…