Delta Canal Co. v. Frank Vincent Family Ranch, LC

Justice DURHAM, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

¶ 1 Appellants Delta Canal Company, Melville Irrigation Company, Abraham Irrigation Company, Deseret Irrigation Company, and Central Utah Water Company (collectively, Irrigation Companies) and Appellee Frank Vincent Family Ranch, LC (Vincent) are water-rights holders on the Sevier River system. The Irrigation Companies claim that Vincent's water right has been partially forfeited and partially abandoned. The district court granted summary judgment to Vincent. We reverse and remand.

BACKGROUND

¶ 2 The Irrigation Companies are nonprofit Utah…