Derringer v. Turney

OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} After the state engineer entered an adverse decision on his application for a permit to acquire water rights, Appellant David Derringer appealed to the district court. The Seventh Judicial District Court dismissed his appeal on the ground that it lacked jurisdiction over it because Derringer had not served the other parties — Mick and Jennifer Chapel (the Chapels), and the state engineer — within the required time. Derringer now appeals to this Court, and we reverse the district court’s order of dismissal and instruct the district court to remand this case to the state…