Legal Opinion

Piute Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. West Panguitch Irrigation & Reservoir Co.

Utah Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1962No. 9411PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WADE, Chief Justice.

We granted a rehearing on this appeal by plaintiffs, Piute Reservoir & Irrigation Company and the other lower water users of the Sevier River, from the conditional allowance of defendant, West Panguitch Irrigation & Reservoir Company’s application to change the use of 700 acre feet of winter water of Panguitch Creek to reservoir storage until the dry summer season, then to be used to supplement the watering of land already under irrigation from that creek. The Cox Decree awarded appellant, West Panguitch, the entire above-ground flow of Panguitch Creek, a tributary of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. EAST BENCH IRRIGATION COMPANY v. StateUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Little Cottonwood Water Co. v. Sandy CityUtah Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Provo Bench Canal and Irrigation Co. v. LinkeUtah Supreme Court · 1956
  4. Piute Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. West Panguitch Irrigation & Reservoir Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1961

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Searle v. Milburn Irrigation Co.Utah Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Wayment v. HowardUtah Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Estate of Steed Ex Rel. Kazan v. New Escalante Irrigation Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1992
  4. Crafts v. HansenUtah Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Crafts v. HansenUtah Supreme Court · 1983

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