Nahring v. City and County of Denver

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

Plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs below and will be referred to as such. They are the owners of 52 acres, 39 acres of which is irrigated, of land in Jefferson County, and presently own what has been historically described or denominated as a right to 15 “inches” of water from Harriman Lake, a water storage reservoir in Jefferson County. Both parties agree this had no relationship to the statutory inch (C.R.S. 1963, 152-1-28). The defendant below, hereinafter referred to as the Water Board, was the City and County of Denver’s Board of Water Commissioners. .This…