Legal Opinion

Pulaski Irrigating Ditch Co. v. City of Trinidad

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 9, 1922No. 9930PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Action to restrain a municipal corporation from selling sewage water to its co-defendant for irrigation purposes. Judgment for defendants. Error to the District Court of Las Animas County, Hon. A. C. McChesney, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teller

The plaintiffs in error were plaintiffs in a suit to restrain the defendant in error, the City of Trinidad, from selling to its codefendant, The Model Land and Irrigation Company, certain waters which said city claimed the right to sell from its plants in which the city sewage was purified. The defendants had judgment, and’the cause is now before us on error.

From the record it appears that in 1908, the city purchased certain early priorities of water from the Las Animas River, and shortly thereafter constructed several reservoirs for the storing of flood waters, all for the use of the…

2Cited by20 opinions

  1. City of Thornton v. Bijou Irrigation Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
  2. Weibert v. Rothe Bros., Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1980
  3. Williams v. Midway Ranches Property Owners Ass'nSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
  4. Concerning the Application for Water Rights of the Town of Estes Park v. Northern Colorado Water Conservancy DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1984
  5. Jacobucci v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975

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