Turley v. Furman
New Mexico Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the District Court for San Juan County, before John R. McFie, Associate Justice. Jurisdiction of territorial engineer. Laws 1907, chap. 49, secs. 4, 24, 27; Mills’ Irrigation Manual, sec. 39. Appropriation. Fort Morgan L. & C. v. South Platte, D. Co., 18 Colo. 1; Farmers Ind. Co. v. Agricultural D. Co., 45 Pae. 444; Cast v. Thornton, 3 Colo. App. 475; Offield v. Thornton, 3 Colo.
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Writ of Error to the District Court for San Juan County, before John R. McFie, Associate Justice. Jurisdiction of territorial engineer. Laws 1907, chap. 49, secs. 4, 24, 27; Mills’ Irrigation Manual, sec. 39. Appropriation. Fort Morgan L. & C. v. South Platte, D. Co., 18 Colo. 1; Farmers Ind. Co. v. Agricultural D. Co., 45 Pae. 444; Cast v. Thornton, 3 Colo. App. 475; Offield v. Thornton, 3 Colo. App. 475; Offield v. Ish, 57 Pac. 809; Wiel on Water Eights, 1 ed., 161; Wheeler v. Northern Colo. Irr. Co., 11 Colo. 582; Laws 1907, chap. 49, sec. 2; Farmers High Line Canal and Eeservoir Co. v.…
1Opinion of the CourtAbbott, J.
The essential question for determination here in this, cause is whether- the territorial engineer of New Mexico has jurisdiction under Chapter 49 of the Session Laws of 1907 to grant a license for the appropriation of water for the irrigation of lands in New Mexico from a stream, the Animas river, which flows from Colorado into New Mexico, the proposed point of diversion being in Colorado, about six miles from the line between Colorado and New Mexico, and the project including a ditch from the diversion point across the state line, with a head gate at the point of diversion.
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