American Fork Irr. Co. v. Linke

HENRIOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Utah County District Court judgment which reversed a State Engineer’s order denying plaintiff’s application for a change of use as to 1000 acre feet of already appropriated direct flow irrigation water, from an early season use, to storage in a proposed dam for later use in irrgating more valuable later season crops. Defendants attack the judgment on the grounds: 1) that the Engineer’s findings and decision, being those of a trained expert, should not be disturbed; 2) that a review of his findings and decision should be confined to the issues and…