Legal Opinion
Durkee Ditch Co. v. Means
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided January 15, 1917No. 8766PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Error to Delta District Court, Hon. Thomas J. Black, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bailey
In June, 1912, defendants in error filed a petition in a water adjudication proceeding in Water District No. 40, for an original decree for a ditch designated as the Morton Ditch Appropriation No. 2 Ditch, wherein it was alleged that said ditch took its waters from Madsen gulch, conveying it therefrom to a ditch called the Morton Ditch, and thence to their lands. They further alleged that since 1904 the waters of Madsen gulch had been used by them, that it was a natural stream supplied by springs and seepage water, that the gulch and the water were tributary to the Morton *7Ditch Irrigation…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Comstock v. RamsaySupreme Court of Colorado · 1913
3Cited by8 opinions
- Nevius v. SmithSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928
- Lamont v. Riverside Irrigation DistrictSupreme Court of Colorado · 1972
- Public Service Company of Colorado v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Colorado River Water Conservation District v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Service Company of Colorado v. Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- Ramshorn Ditch Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1920
- Fort Morgan Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McCuneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1922
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