Kent v. Smith

OPINION

By the Court,

Orr, C. J.:

Respondent, feeling himself aggrieved by a decision of the state engineer of the State of Nevada affecting his interests and relating to what the respondent alleged to be the administration of determined rights found in the so-called Bartlett Decree, which said decree is a final determination of the relative rights of the water users of the Humboldt River stream system, instituted an action against the said state engineer, in the district court of Humboldt County, under section 75 of the water law of the State of Nevada, being section 7961 N. C. L. Later the…