Clark v. Hansen

STEWART, Justice:

Plaintiffs brought an action in the district court pursuant to § 73-3-14, Utah Code Ann. (1953), seeking a trial de novo as to a decision of the State Engineer appropriating certain water rights in the Sevier Desert ground water basin to L. Derrel Christensen, an applicant not named as a party herein. The district court dismissed plaintiffs' action for lack of jurisdiction to hear the matter because the State Engineer had granted a rehearing on Christensen's application prior to the filing of the action in the district court. Plaintiffs seek a reversal of the order of…