Rich County-Otter Creek Irrigation Co. v. Lamborn

WADE, Chief Justice.

This suit was commenced by the state engineer for a general determination1 of the water rights within the drainage area of Bear River in Rich County, Utah. Grant Lamborn, Howard L. Lamborn and Keith Jessop, appellants herein, are the successors in interest in a ranch and the water rights thereto of James Jackson, located near the head of the south and middle forks of Otter Creek, which arises in the mountains west of Woodruff and drains toward the east into the Bear River. The state engineer proposed a decree awarding appellants, the Lamborns and Jessop, a water right for…