Model Land & Irrigation Co. v. Hoehne Ditch Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Action to enjoin diversion of water from a natural stream. Judgment for plaintiffs. Error to the District Court of Las Animas County, Hon. A. C. McChesney, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teller
The defendant in error, The Pulaski Irrigating Ditch Company, was plaintiff in a suit to restrain the plaintiff in error from diverting water from Las Animas River, or from the underflow and sources tributary thereto, by means of a pipe line extending up into the bed of said river, and along its banks, with a collecting gallery at the upper end thereof. The other defendant in error, The Hoehne Ditch Company came into the suit as an intervenor. Both parties will hereafter be mentioned as plaintiffs.
The complaint alleged that the defendant in the action was preparing to take out from the river,…
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