Nichols v. McIntosh
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Boulder County. Application for an adjudication of priorities of right to the use of water for irrigation, and for an injunction to restrain water commissioner from shutting down head gates of certain irrigating ditches. Preliminary injunction granted. Upon final healing judgment rendered dissolving the injunction and dismissing plaintiff’s application. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
Appellant George W. Nichols was plaintiff below. Appellee McIntosh was water commissioner of Irrigation District No. 6, and one of the defendants below. The evidence shows that at the commencement of this action plaintiff was the owner and in possession of a certain quarter section of land located in Boulder county, Colorado.
Nichols first settled upon the land in 1859, before the same was surveyed by the United States government, and before the territory of Colorado was organized; he remained in possession, by himself and his tenants, continuously thereafter for about thirty years, and until…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Strickler v. City of Colorado SpringsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Sieber v. FrinkSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
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- Farmers' High Line Canal & Reservoir Co. v. SouthworthSupreme Court of Colorado · 1889
- Thomas v. GuiraudSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
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