Legal Opinion
Horse Creek Conservation District v. Lincoln Land Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1936No. 1983PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kimball, Chief Justice.
This is a proceeding under sections 122-422 to 122-427, R. S. 1931, to bring about a declaration of abandonment of a water right for lands in Goshen County.
Section 122-421 declares that a water right shall be limited and restricted to so much thereof as may be necessarily used, irrespective of the carrying capacity of the ditch, and that all the balance of the water not so appropriated shall be allowed to run in the stream, and shall not be considered as having been appropriated; and in case the owner of any irrigation works shall fail to use the water therefrom for…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Pacific Live Stock Co. v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States Tr. Co. of New York v. . U.S. Fire Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1858
- Wood v. . ChapinNew York Court of Appeals · 1856
- Bunten v. Rock Springs Grazing Ass'nWyoming Supreme Court · 1923
- State Ex Rel. Smith v. BarnellOhio Supreme Court · 1924
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Wyoming State Treasurer v. City of CasperWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
- Perry v. Planning Commission of the County of HawaiiHawaii Supreme Court · 1980
- Horse Creek Conservation District v. Lincoln Land Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Keefe v. McInerneyWyoming Supreme Court · 1947
- Yentzer v. HemenwayWyoming Supreme Court · 1968
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