Hallet v. Carpenter
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Costilla County. Hon. Chas. C. Holbrook, Judge. . . On Rehearing. Proceeding by Gfeorge A. Carpenter, Christian Keck and Jobn Beiger for a decree authorizing the transfer of a portion of the appropriation or water belonging to a certain, ditch. Prom such decree, Moses Hallet appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
In this proceeding the district court of Costilla county made a decree authorizing the transfer of a *32portion, of the appropriation of water belonging to the Independent Ditch No. 2. This ditch was a mutual one owned in common by nine farmers, each owning one-ninth of the water. Three of the owners sold to appellees three and one-third cubic feet, to be deducted from their share, and it was this water which the trial court ordered transferred into the Meadow Glen ditch.
Appellant contends that the court erred in rendering the decree, for several reasons :
First. That the right to change the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Putnam v. CurtisColorado Court of Appeals · 1896
- City of Telluride v. DavisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1905
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