Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy Dist. v. Peters

SADLER, Justice.

The question for decision is whether an artesian conservancy district organized under the provisions of L. 1931, c. 97 (1941 Comp., Art. 13, c. 77) is authorized to maintain a suit to enjoin the use of water taken from an artesian well drilled on land located outside the exterior boundaries of the district but alleged to be supplied by the artesian basin underlying the lands within the territorial boundaries of the district to the detriment of the water users of the district.

As filed the complaint upon which the hearing was had joined as co-plaintiffs five landowners, each of…