People v. District Court of Second Judicial District

Statement of the Case.

This is an application to compel the District Court of the City and County of Denver, to enter a decree in accordance with our judgment and opinion in the case of City and County of Denver v. Brown et al., 56 Colo. 216.

In the general statutory adjudication settling the relative priority of irrigating ditches in water district No. 8, on the South Platte river, what is now known as the City ditch was awarded priority No. 1, by original construction, date November 28, 1860, priority No. 75, by first enlargement, date November 1, 1873, and priority No.-131, by second…