Blake v. Hansen

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

Appellants Ernest and Muriel Blake (“the Blakes”) claim on appeal that the trial court erred in granting respondent State Engineer’s motion to dismiss based on section 73-3-15 of the Code, which requires that any appeal of a decision of the State Engineer not prosecuted to final judgment within two years of its issuance be dismissed. Utah Code Ann. § 73-3-15 (1980) (as amended). The Blakes contend that the causes of the delay in proceeding to a timely judgment were beyond their control and that by granting the State Engineer’s motion to dismiss, the trial court denied the…