Kistler v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

This is an action in eminent domain by Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, formed under an act of the legislature of 1937, to acquire certain lands of plaintiff in error, to whom we refer by name as Kistler. Defendant in error will be designated herein as the District.

Kistler owned a sizable cattle ranch in the mountain foothill district of northern Colorado, northwest of Berthoud and generally west of Loveland in Larimer county. On some of his best land is located a natural basin holding water, known as Carter lake, which becomes dry in some seasons. This lake is an integral part…