McCasland v. Miskell

OPINION

DONNELLY, Judge.

Appellants, Seven Rivers Cattle and Commodities, Inc. and Zia Feedlot, Inc., appeal from a judgment of the district court declaring Dallas M. and Irene A. McCasland (the McCaslands) to be the owners of 28.74 acre-feet of Hagerman Canal irrigation ditch water rights and upholding the transfer of such water rights to other realty. We discuss whether the district court erred (1) in finding that the McCaslands were the owners of the disputed water rights, and (2) in determining that the disputed water rights were properly transferred for use upon other land. For the reasons…