O'Neill v. Simpson

This appeal marks the fourth time that Dennis O’Neill (O’Neill) has been before this court concerning matters related to six water rights decreed in 1912 to three ditches: the Cache Creek, Arlington, and Clear Creek Ditches. In Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. Twin Lakes Associates, Inc., 770 P.2d 1231 (Colo.1989) (O’Neill I), this court affirmed the water court’s determination that these water rights had been abandoned. In Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District v. O’Neill, 817 P.2d 500 (Colo.1991) (O’Neill II), this court affirmed the water court’s denial of…