Legal Opinion

Farmers' Ditch & Reservoir Co. v. Boyd Lake Reservoir & Irrigation Co.

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 15, 1919No. 9276PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to Larimer District Court, Hon. Robert G. Strong, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey

This cause is here on writ of error to review a judgment on the District Court of Larimer County, dismissing the cause for want of jurisdiction. Suit was brought in that county to ¡set aside a water decree in favor of defendant The Boyd Lake Reservoir '& Irrigation Company. The decree in question was rendered in a general adjudication proceeding by the District Court of Boulder County for Division 1 of Water District 4.

*30The motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction is based upon section 3276, R. S. 1908, providing that for the purpose of ‘adjudicating water priorities within a water district,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Louden Irrigating Canal Co. v. Handy Ditch Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1896
  2. Weiland v. Reorganized Catlin Consolidated Canal Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1916

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. City & County of Denver v. SheriffSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939
  2. Hazard v. Joseph W. Bowles Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1930
  3. People Ex Rel. Denver v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1927
  4. State Ex Rel. Swanson v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1938
  5. City & County of Denver v. SheriffSupreme Court of Colorado · 1939

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