United States v. District Court of Fourth Judicial Dist. Ex Rel. Utah County

WADE, Justice.

The United States seeks a writ, based on its sovereign immunity, to prevent the Fourth District Court from taking jurisdiction of an appeal from a decision of the state engineer approving its application for a change of the diversion place of some of its irrigation waters. These water rights were obtained by the government as appurtenances to lands acquired in the construction of the Deer Creek reservoir, which lands are now under water. The permission to change the place of diversion of such waters was obtained over the protest of other water users who claim that such change…