Handy Ditch Co. v. Louden Irrigating Canal Co.
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Larimer County.
1Opinion of the Court
Chiee Justice Campbell
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Big Thompson, the Louden and the Handy Irrigating ditches, situate in Water District No. 4, take water from the *516Big Thompson river, a natural stream, in Larimer county. In 1883, in the statutory proceedings provided for that purpose, there was rendered in the district court of Boulder county a decree, by which their respective priorities of right to the use of the water for irrigation were adjudicated and determined to be in the order just mentioned. This decree gave to the Big Thompson ditch a priority of seventy-eight cubic feet…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Strickler v. City of Colorado SpringsSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Cache La Poudre Irrigating Co. v. Larimer & Weld Reservoir Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1898
- Fuller v. Swan River Placer Min. Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1888
- Hague v. Nephi Irrigation Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1898
- Columbia Mining Co. v. HolterMontana Supreme Court · 1871
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