Commonwealth Irrigation Co. v. Rio Grande Canal Water Users Ass'n

In a suit wherein the Rio Grande Canal Water Users Association, the Monte Vista Water Users Association, the San Luis Valley Irrigation District and the San Luis Valley Canal Company were the plaintiffs, and the Commonwealth Irrigation Company, owner of the Empire canal (later known as the Commonwealth canal) was the defendant, the district court found and adjudged that of the 666.98 cubic feet of water per second of time theretofore decreed to the Empire canal all in excess of 512 cubic feet per second of time (i. e., 154.98) had been abandoned; and the court restrained and enjoined the Com…