Legal Opinion
Chatfield East Well Co. v. Chatfield East Property Owners Ass'n
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided April 20, 1998No. 97SA52PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice HOBBS delivered the Opinion of the Court.
This appeal is from an order of the District Court for Water Division 1 (water court) dismissing the application of the Chatfield East Well Company (Well Company) for a decree to extract and use 332 acre feet of ground water per year from the Arapahoe aquifer, one of the Denver Basin aquifers underlying the Chatfield East Subdivision (subdivision). 1 The Well Company claims the water based on deeds purporting to reserve the ownership of nontributary ground water underlying the subdivision when the Chatfield East Development Company (Development…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- California Oregon Power Co. v. Beaver Portland Cement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Danielson v. Castle Meadows, Inc.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1990
- American Water Development, Inc. v. City of AlamosaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1994
- USI Properties East, Inc. v. SimpsonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1997
- Colorado Ground Water Commission v. Eagle Peak Farms, Ltd.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1996
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3Cited by24 opinions
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