Legal Opinion
Means v. Pratt
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 27, 1958No. 18,037PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutton
Plaintiff in error, to whom we will refer as petitioner, petitioned the district court for a change of point of diversion of his claimed water right in Lykens Canyon from Dry Creek, a tributary of the South St. Vrain River in Water District No. 5, Boulder County, Colorado. Notice was given pursuant to the statute, and a number of protestants appeared, among whom are the defendants in error.
Petitioner claims a priority by virtue of an original *216appropriation to the Bear and McCory Ditch by decree entered July 2, 1882, in the Boulder County District Court affirming an appropriation by original…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Nichols v. McIntoshSupreme Court of Colorado · 1893
- City of Colorado Springs v. YustSupreme Court of Colorado · 1952
- Arnold v. RoupSupreme Court of Colorado · 1916
- Cline v. McDowellSupreme Court of Colorado · 1955
- Pouchoulou v. HeathSupreme Court of Colorado · 1958
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3Cited by16 opinions
- May v. United StatesSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- Navajo Development Co. v. SandersonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Hallenbeck v. Granby Ditch and Reservoir CompanySupreme Court of Colorado · 1966
- Lengel v. DavisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1959
- Mannon v. Farmers' High Line Canal & Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1961
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