Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. North Sterling Irrigation District
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 7, 1924No. 10,699PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
The North Sterling Irrigation District, plaintiff below, is a quasi municipal corporation which was organized by owners of arid lands in Logan county. Their purpose was by such instrumentality to acquire a supply of water for the irrigation of 83,000 acres of land within the proposed district. This corporation, under the statutes of this state *187possessing such power, duly acquired the right to divert from a natural stream, for storage purposes a sufficient quantity of water. Its system or works consist of a reservoir with a storage capacity of 83,000 acre-feet with which to irrigate the…
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- Sweet v. BarnardSupreme Court of Colorado · 1919
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3Cited by7 opinions
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