Mosby Irrigation Company v. Criddle

CALLISTER, Justice.

Defendants appeal from a decree of the lower court reversing and setting aside the decision of the State Engineer restoring the original priority date of an application to appropriate water which application had previously been lapsed and then reinstated.

The issue concerns Application No. 4796 which is on file in the State Engineer’s office and which originally had a priority date of August 2, 1912. The Utah Water And Power Board is the owner of the legal title to the application, and the High Line Canal Company is the owner of the equitable title.

Plaintiff, Mosby…