Green v. Wheeler

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment in which plaintiffs seek a decree declaring null and void an order of the State Engineer cancelling plaintiffs’ permit to appropriate certain ground waters. Plaintiffs appeal from a decree sustaining the State Engineer’s order.

On March 29, 1957, G. W. Redwine applied to the State Engineer for a permit to construct a well and appropriate ground water to 125 acres of the applicants’ lands in Umatilla County. The mailing or post office address on the application was stated as “Hermiston, Oregon.” The application was returned to Redwine at that address…