Salt Lake City v. Silver Fork Pipeline Corp.

DURHAM, Justice:

Silver Fork Pipeline Corporation is comprised of property owners in the Silver Fork area of Big Cottonwood Canyon. It appeals from an order of summary judgment in a quiet title action initiated by Salt Lake City. At the heart of the dispute is the allocation of rights to water collected in the Kentucky-Utah mine tunnel. Each party claims the right to collect and divert water from this source. Salt Lake City argues that the water, which it alleges would be tributary to Big Cottonwood Creek if the opening to the mine tunnel did not trap it, properly belongs to it pursuant to two…