Leadville Mine Development Co. v. Anderson

In a water’ adjudication proceeding the Leadville Mine Development Company, herein referred to as the company, claimed certain water rights prior and superior to existing appropriations of water rights on the Arkansas river. Albert Anderson, J. H. Habenicbt, Ben Behrman, Fred Post and Richard Sneddon, owners of water rights on that river opposed the company’s claim to priority. The court awarded the company’s claim to the extent of six cubic feet of water per second of time. The court, however, refused to decree such water right to be prior and superior to the rights of the objectors, but, on…