Reynolds v. Wiggins

NOBLE, Justice.

Max Wiggins appealed to the district court from an order of the state engineer denying his application to appropriate water from the shallow underground Roswell basin. On review, the district court vacated the administrative order and directed approval of the application. The state engineer has appealed from that judgment.

The Wiggins farm is located in the Roswell Artesian basin adjacent to the Pecos river. Wiggins, who owns all of ■the drain water flowing into a certain manhole on the D line of the Dexter-Greenfield Drainage District, has used this drainr age water ,for…