Depuy v. Hoeme

BARNES, Justice:

This case arises out of two separate causes of action, both dealing with the use of water from a playa lake, Wild Horse Lake, located in Texas County, Oklahoma. Because both cases (Depuy v. Hoeme, Case No. 50,472, and Depuy v. Oklahoma Resources Board, Case No. 51,960) deal with use of water from Wild Horse Lake and because both arise out of the same factual background, the cases were, by order of this Court, consolidated for appeal under the surviving number of 50,472.

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We will first consider Depuy v. Hoeme. Wild Horse Lake is a natural playa lake located in the SW/4 of…