Fort Lyon Canal Co. v. Bennett
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Otero District Court. Hon. C. S. Essex, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtGarrigues, J.
*1131. May 28, 1911, Bennett and son, as copartners, spoken of as plaintiffs, filed a complaint in the District Court of Otero County alleging in substance that the Fort Lyon Canal Company, defendant, below, plaintiff in error, owned and operated a canal called the Fort Lyon Storage canal or supply ditch, constructed to divert and carry water from the Arkansas river, for storage in a reservoir; that plaintiffs were engaged in the business of farming a certain tract of arid land constituting part of the Holbrook Irrigation District, and irrigated from the Holbrook canal, an irrigating ditch…
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