Osterman v. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District

This is an appeal to this court in a special statutory proceeding before the department of roads and irrigation, under the provisions of chapter 81, art. 63, Comp. St. 1929 (section 81-6301 et seq.). The final orders entered by that department, here sought to be reviewed, were orders which granted to the Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (hereinafter designated as the “Tri-County District”) four applications for allowance of water rights on the North Platte and Platte rivers, viz.:(1) Application No. 2351, for storage of 509,500-acre feet of the waters of the Platte river…